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    El Chapo trial: cartel boss spied on wives and mistresses as FBI eavesdropped

    Guzmán’s electronic life was revealed thanks to evidence from an undercover FBI agent and the IT fixer he recruited
    by Ed Vulliamy Jan 10, 2019 3 minutes
    Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is escorted into a helicopter at Mexico City’s airport following his recapture on 8 January 2016. Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images

    The recorded, wiretapped life of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has dominated this week’s evidence at his trial for allegedly running the world’s biggest narco-traffic organisation.

    For all his four (perhaps five) wives, serial mistresses and up to 19 children, Guzmán used his own cyber-security system to spy on ladies in his life – even as US authorities eavesdropped on him.

    In one call, the cartel boss was recorded for US authorities hoping to one day arm a six-month-old daughter with an AK-47 Kalashnikov.

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