Fun fact: Being the leader of a big time drug cartel takes a little bit more than a pair of steel cojones. It also takes intelligence, a loyal squad and a penchant for near military level strategic planning. (Also, a ton of disposable cash doesn’t hurt.) The drug game is like a super intense chess match -- except if you lose, you die. Fortunately for him, infamous drug lord El Chapo has all the aforementioned in spades. On January 19, 2001, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from a federal prison in Mexico, a feat that allegedly involved upwards of 70 people and cost Guzman a cool $2.5 million. Season 2 of the Univision and Story House Entertainment collaboration El Chapo opens with a depiction of the riveting events leading up to said escape, and let me tell you, it does not disappoint.
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