And it's from those cartels that three men - the new versions of Pablo Escobar - have emerged: Sinaloa's Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García and Rafael Caro Quintero and CJNG's Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes are the DEA's most wanted men. "Popeye" said like Escobar, El Chapo's ability to flout the law made him a threat to Mexico's political class. El Chapo's escapes humiliated the Mexican government, who have agreed to extradite him to the US, a decision El Chapo's legal team is fighting. "The drug trade will continue to operate without 'El Chapo', but 'El Chapo' represented drug traffickers who could defy the government," Grillo, author of Gangster Warlords, told Business Insider. He teamed up with El Chapo after El Chapo's first escape from jail in 2001, according to journalist Malcolm Beith's book, The Last Narco.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 04, 2016 17:37 UTC