Mexican former drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has many children with seven of them being the most famous. He shares his kids with different women and reportedly has four wives. Details explored.
El Chapo (born Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera) has a history of drug trafficking. The Mexican former drug lord is considered to have been one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world. He was the leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate.
El Chapo is currently serving life in prison in the U.S. after he was convicted in 2019 of 10 counts of drug trafficking, firearms charges, and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, CNN reports.
Whenever El Chapo’s name is mentioned, many are in an inquisition about his children and their mothers. One thing in common is, almost all of his kids have had legal issues with some serving years in prison just like their father. Violence erupted in the Mexican state of Sinaloa after Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzmán-López, one of the sons of notorious drug lord El Chapo. So, how many children does El Chapo have?
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Who are El Chapo’s kids?
Born into one of Mexico’s most storied outlaw families, Guzmán El Chapo fathered more than a dozen children, according to local media. While there isn’t an accurate number of kids he has, it is currently believed he has at least 15 children.
The names of his known kids are Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, alias “El Chapito”, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, alias “Alfredillo”César Guzmán Salazar, Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar, Édgar Guzmán López, Ovidio Guzmán López, alias “El Ratón”, Joaquín Guzmán López, alias “El Güero”, Griselda Guadalupe Guzmán López, María Joaquina Guzmán Coronel, Emali Guadalupe Guzmán Coronel, Rosa Isela Guzmàn Ortiz, Kim Guzmán Dolci, Laisha Guzmán, Victor Arael Hernandez Lopez, and Rubencito
Among all of his children, five of his sons – collectively known as Los Chapitos – are famous, as well as his twin daughters (Emma and Maria) with his fourth spouse.
The Los Chapitos comprise sons: Edgar, Iván, Jesús Alfredo, Joaquín Jr., and Ovidio, who handled El Chapo’s businesses. They grew up in luxury once unimaginable to their father, a semi-literate farm worker from Sinaloa’s mountains before becoming the head of a drug empire.
It is important to note that not all of whom are reputed to be involved in drug trafficking.
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How many wives does El Chapo have?
El Chapo has been married four times to four women. The names of his wives are Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández (1977), Estela Peña (date unknown), Griselda López Pérez (mid-1980s), and Emma Coronel Aispuro (2007).
However, a journalist named Anabel Hernández verified that El Chapo is still wed to his first — and apparently only — wife, Alejandrina Salazar.
NY Post also confirms that El Chapo is still married to his first wife, Alejandrina Salazar, who apparently is his only spouse.
Salazar was a social worker who married El Chapo in 1977 and shared five children with him. The outlets report that El Chapo was not divorced from his first wife when he bribed a priest to conduct a ceremony with his fourth wife.
Emma Coronel is so far the most famous of all of the drug lord’s spouses.
How did Emma Coronel and El Chapo meet?
Emma Coronel and El Chapo have been married for more than a decade since 2007. Before their nuptial, they dated for years around 1972, when she was a teenager.
Coronel, also known as the “Narco Princess”, is believed to have met Guzman when she was just 17 years old while competing in a local beauty pageant.
El Chapo is said to have fallen in love with Emma Coronel when he saw her competing – and he was 47 years old at the time.
In an interview with the LA Times she said: “I would say what won me over was his way of talking, how he treated me, the way we began to get along – first as friends and from that came everything else.
“He tends to win over people by his manner of being, of acting, the way he treats people in general.”
Her rancher father, Inés Coronel Barreras, is said to have cultivated marijuana and opium poppies and her uncle is slain drug kingpin Igancio Nacho Coronel, an important member of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of El Chapo’s most trusted men.
Colonel travelled to California in 2011 to give birth to the couple’s twin daughters named Emali Guadalupe Guzmán Coronel, and María Joaquina Guzmán Coronel – meaning their kids have US citizenship.
The girls are half-sisters to the eight other children El Chapo has from previous marriages.
Who are El Chapo’s sons in the cartel?
Guzmán was born and raised on 4th April 1957, in La Tuna Badiraguato, Sinaloa municipality, an impoverished and remote area of Sinaloa state in northwestern Mexico that was the birthplace of many notorious drug traffickers. His parents were Emilio Guzmán Bustillos, and María Consuelo Loera Pérez.
He began his criminal career in the 1980s as a member of the Guadalajara drug cartel, headed by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
Guzmán rapidly rose through the ranks of the organization. When it disbanded in the late 1980s, he became a leader in the Sinaloa cartel. Under his guidance, the Sinaloa cartel developed creative smuggling techniques and strategies, including building air-conditioned tunnels under the Mexico-U.S. border, hiding drugs in chili pepper cans and fire extinguishers, and catapulting drugs over the border. His organization produced and smuggled various kinds of illicit drugs, including marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
In his absence, while serving jail terms, his five sons were in the cartel who run his business.
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El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán-López, is a key figure in the Sinaloa drug cartel that his father once ran.
Guzmán-López, 32, is one of El Chapo’s 13 children. His mother is El Chapo’s third wife, Griselda López Pérez. Referred to as “El Ratón” (“The Mouse”), Lopez reportedly took over as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel after his father was arrested.
Recently, Ovidio Guzmán-López was arrested by the Mexican state of Sinaloa authorities. Violence ensued and was concentrated in and around Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, home of the powerful drug cartel. Al Jazeera reports that 29 people were dead in the operation to get him arrested.
Mexican authorities previously arrested Guzmán-López in 2019, and gun battles broke out in the city of Culiacan then as well. To stem the violence, Guzmán-López was released from custody.
Guzmán-López isn’t the only one to follow in the footsteps of his dear old dad. Four of El Chapo’s sons, known as Los Chapitos, are reportedly handling the family drug business. The Los Chapitos are Ovidio, his brother Joaquin Jr., and half-brothers Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar.
Guzmán-López and Joaquín Jr. inherited their drug trafficking careers from their older brother Édgar who was killed in a 2008 ambush, reports the State Department.
Jesús Alfredo is under indictment in Chicago for drug trafficking and conspiracy. A U.S. grand jury in California indicted Ivan Archivaldo on charges of conspiracy to distribute and import narcotics.
El Chapo’s sons run a large meth operation.
The State Department has accused Guzmán-López and Joaquin Jr. of investing large amounts of cash into purchasing marijuana in Mexico, cocaine in Columbia, and ephedrine in Argentina to use in the production of methamphetamine. The brothers oversee 11 methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa, which produce about 3,000–5,000 pounds of meth per month. The drugs are sold to distributors in the U.S. and Canada.
Guzmán-López is also accused of ordering the murders of informants, a drug trafficker, and even a popular Mexican singer who refused to sing at his wedding, the State Department says.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is El Chapo’s wife doing now?
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was transferred to a minimum-security penitentiary in Texas from an undisclosed place. She was released from prison on September 13, 2023.
What happened to El Chapo’s wife Emma?
Emma Coronel Aispuro was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison on charges of helping run her husband’s multibillion-dollar criminal empire and playing a role in his escape from custody after he was captured in 2014.
How old are Chapo’s twins?
The world’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and his fourth wife former beauty queen Emma Coronel Aispuro had twin daughters named Emali Guadalupe Guzmán Coronel, and María Joaquina Guzmán Coronel who are 11 years old today.
How long did they give El Chapo in jail?
El Chapo is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in Colorado after being convicted in 2019 of charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, and weapons-related offenses.
How many times was El Chapo married?
El Chapo is believed to have been married for the fourth time. However, a journalist named Anabel Hernández verified that El Chapo is still wed to his first — and apparently only — wife, Alejandrina Salazar.
What is the difference between El Chapo and Pablo Escobar?
The drug lords worked different markets: El Chapo transferred marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, and crystal methamphetamine, while Escobar specialized in cocaine, according to Business Insider.
What is El Chapo doing now?
El Chapo is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado after being convicted in 2019 of charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, and weapons-related offenses.
What was El Chapo’s highest net worth?
As per current estimates, El Chapo’s net worth is $3 billion US Dollars. El Chapo is considered to have been one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world.
When was El Chapo the richest man?
Over time, Guzmán’s cartel became one of the biggest traffickers of drugs to the US, and in 2009, he entered Forbes’ list of the world’s richest men at number 701, with an estimated worth of $1bn (£709m).
How many times El Chapo escaped?
Joaquin Guzman aka El Chapo has escaped from prison two times. His first escape came in 2001, purportedly in a laundry cart and with the help of prison officials he had corrupted. His second escape, through the tunnel, came 14 years later. Per reports, he “literally built into the side of a mountain, with a robust security infrastructure.”