Known for his successful escape from Mexico's high security federal prison back in July 2015, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is the head of the Sinaloa cartel which is known as the world's most powerful drug trafficking organization. What made him even more famous was the fact that he was able to escape the maximum security prison not just once, but several times.

Born in Sinaloa, Guzman entered the local drug trade back in the 1970's wherein he dropped out of school to focus on drug trafficking. Guzman started out by working for one of the biggest names in drug trafficking, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who is the head of the Guatemalan cartel. His first task was to contact drug traffickers in Colombia to expand the cartel's scope in drug trafficking, as stated by BBC.

Guzman successfully aced the drug trade making him one of the biggest names in the 1990s after he took over the Sinaloa cartel. Despite being on top of the drug industry however, Guzman was first arrested in Guatemala in 1993 and was transferred to Mexico's maximum security prison.

Joaquin's arrest was not a hindrance to his track trafficking business as he continued to run the Sinaloa cartel behind bars. Though he was imprisoned, El Chapo lived a comfortable life as he managed to pay off the guards watching over him. He's fist successful prison break took place in January 2001, after some of the prison guards helped him plan his escape by hiding inside a laundry cart as reported by CBS News.

Guzman was recaptured in February 2014 in Mazatlan as per CNN's report. He was captured after the Mexican marines and the United Stated Drug Enforcement Administration agents decided to work hand in hand to place him behind bars.

As for his second arrest, Phil Jordan who works for the DEA and head's EL Paso Intelligence Center stated that El Chapo's second arrest will have a huge impact on the Sinaloa cartel. "It is a significant arrest, provided he gets extradited immediately to the United States, if he does not get extradited, then he will be allowed to escape within a period of time."

Though the authorities were quite pleased with their accomplishment in placing Guzman behind bars, he managed to put them to shame after escaping the maximum security prison the second time just a few days later after he was captured by the authorities.

As for his third escape, Guzman managed to dig a tunnel leading him out of the maximum security prison by passing though Mexico's sewage system. Guzman continually thrived to escape the authorities several times, but as for his escape, authorities are quite confident that he would no longer able to escape.