Are you ready to meet three of the most infamous drug lords in history?

Pablo Escobar• Net worth: $25 Billion (Source:

News One)• Dealer of Cocaine• Birthday: December 1, 1949• Country: Colombia• Operation: United States, Colombia• Death: Gun shot by special police

force in 1993. (Source: Los Angeles Times)

• Death Toll: 3,000 or more (Source: Washington Post)

• Also known as ‘El Chapo’• Net worth: $1 Billion (Source: Forbes)• Dealer of Cocaine• Birthday: April 4, 1957• Country: Mexico (State of Sinaloa)• Operation: United States, Mexico• Arrested in 1993 in Mexico and

escaped federal prison in 2001. He was arrested again 13 years later. (Source: The Independent)

Joaquin Guzman Loera

Frank Lucas• Dealer of Heroin (his ‘Blue Magic’)• Born: September 9, 1930• Country: United States• Operation: United States, Southeast Asia• The ‘American Gangster’ movie was

based on his life story. However, some people say the movie is not accurate. (Source: Today.com)

• He is still alive and has retired from drug trafficking. He is now 84 years old.

• His sentence was 70 years of imprisonment but was eventually reduced when he became an informant. (Source: Biography)

Drug crime is one of the most committed crimes in the United States.

Pablo Escobar, Joaquin Archivado Guzman Loera, and Frank Lucas, three of the most prominent drug lords in history, proved that earning money is easy in the illegal drug industry. This is also probably the reason why there are plenty of drug crimes in the country.