Wanted Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (born April 4, 1957) nicknamed "El Chapo" (Sinaloan Spanish : " Shorty ") for his 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) stature, is a Mexican drug lord who heads an international drug trafficking organization referred to as the Sinaloa Cartel , named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa