Since the beginning of the early 80s, a couple of fearless and lionhearted drug lords have made fortunes for themselves.
Some of these ruthless nation wreckers are alive while others are dead. Let me walk you through the path of the top 10 richest drug lords of all time.
1. Pablo Escobar ~$33.91 Billion Dubbed “the king of cocaine”
Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death equivalent to $64 billion as of 2021.
2. Amado Carrillo Fuentes: $28.26 Billion
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6. Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha: $5.65 Billion
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Guzmán, the infamous former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is serving a life sentence in a US prison.
He was one of the biggest traffickers of drugs to the US and, in 2009 he entered Forbes list 701 richest person alive although we believe he’s worth more.