Drugs kingpin Joaquin " El Chapo " Guzman had a fearsome array of weaponry, including a gold-plated Kalashnikov AK-47 and a diamond-encrusted pistol engraved with his initials.
But his ultimate weapon was American law enforcement, according to shock new claims. A Mexican investigative journalist has said that the leaders of Sinaloa Cartel secretly provided information about his rivals to America's DEA and FBI.
According to Anabel Hernandez, the FBI and the American anti-drug trafficking agency DEA met El Chapo and the current Sinaloa cartel boss , Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, several times to receive information from them about their rival gangs.The FBI is currently offering a reward of $5million for information leading to El Mayo's.
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