The name Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera probably doesn't ring a bell, but his nickname, "El Chapo," almost certainly does. It means "short," and it's a common, playful label for men of short stature in Mexico. This is where El Chapo operated for two long stretches, separated by a prison term, as one of the most notorious, dangerous, and, to be frank, successful criminals in recorded history. As the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, he became an almost mythical figure for the way he somehow tracked tons of illicit and illegal drugs into the U.S. For his second act, El Chapo raised the stakes: He escaped from one of Mexico's most highly secure prisons in 2015 in a manner both baffling and frightening.

A decade on, and El Chapo remains locked up, serving out a life sentence in a prison that's bee

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