World’s most wanted drug trafficker and Forbes billionaire finally captured

He has been on the run for more than 12 years but a moment of passion appears to have been the downfall for the world’s most wanted druglord. Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, described as the most powerful drug trafficker in the world, was arrested in a beach condominium on Saturday with help from U.S. agencies in a major victory for the government in a long, grisly war.
Guzman, known as “El Chapo” (Shorty) in Spanish, has long run Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa Cartel and over the past decade he emerged as one of the world’s most powerful organized crime bosses, even making it onto Forbes’ list of billionaires and listed as one of the world’s richest men..
When Mexican marines burst into the apartment he was staying in at 6.40am they discovered Guzman with an unidentified woman. Guzman, also known as Shorty, was photographed being escorted by troops through Mexico City airport later in the day.
No shots were fired as troops burst in on the 56-year-old drug lord in Mazatlan, and he was arrested along with three men believed to be his bodyguards.A team of 25 marines entered the complex on Saturday morning, overpowering two security teams installed to protect the drug kingpin.