Drug Kingpin Joaquin 'Chapo' Guzman Taps Ghostwriter to Pen Memoirs Carlos Loret de Mola - Fusion
go to original September 15, 2014

One month after he was imprisoned last February, the world’s most infamous drug kingpin, Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, began the arduous task of preparing his memoirs – a future publication that promises to be a bestseller in the narco lit section of the bookstore.

The only problem is Chapo doesn’t have any pens, pencils, paper or a laptop to write his magnum opus in the maximum-security prison of Altiplano. One might think Chapo could easily exert his influence and vast drug fortune to bribe the guards for a writing utensil. But that's not going to happen. Instead, one of the few things Chapo negotiated when he arrived at Altiplano was a jacket for the cold nights.

In any event, a pen and notebook would do Chapo little good. The man has never written before, and isn’t about to start now — even with all the time in the world. According to official intelligence reports, the former Sinaloa crime boss made it only to second grade and remains illiterate.

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