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Drink like a Mexican kingpin: 'El Chapo' beer launched by daughter

FILE PHOTO - A paper bag with the image of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is seen at a stand of the clothing brand "El Chapo 701", owned by his daughter Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman, at the Intermoda fair in Guadalajara, Mexico July 16, 2019. [Reuters]

Have a cold one, have an “El Chapo” beer. That’s the message of Alejandrina Guzman, whose company has developed a craft beer dedicated to her infamous, incarcerated kingpin father Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

The beer is part of the “El Chapo 701” brand, which has already launched a clothing line, and gets its name from when Forbes named him the 701st richest person in the world in 2009. Forbes estimated his net worth at $1 billion at the time.

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