'El Chapo' Guzmán had more airplanes than the biggest airline in Mexico
Business Insider
Chris Woody
Before he was recaptured in January, Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ran the largest airborne operation in Mexico.
Between 2006 and 2015, Mexican authorities seized 599 aircraft — 586
planes and 13 helicopters — that the cartel used to ship drugs
throughout Mexico and Latin America, according to information from the
Mexican defense ministry (Sedena) that was obtained by Mexican newspaper El Universal.
The largest legitimate airline in the country, Aeroméxico, has 127 planes.
If Guzmán's cartel were a legal business, El Universal notes,
then it would likely be one of the most successful in the country,
based on its 4,771 clandestine landing strips — between 550 and 1,100
yards in length — dotting Mexico's northern state
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