Drug lord El Chapo is a Halloween hit
A Mexican company is capitalising on the infamy of escaped drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman by selling Halloween costumes of the Sinaloa cartel kingpin. The company has ramped up production after exhausting its stock of 2000 El Chapo masks and costumes.El Chapo, who was arrested and jailed last year, escaped from a high-security Mexican prison in July by slipping down a 1.6km-long tunnel excavated on his orders with the entrance in his cell's shower cubicle.The Halloween mask maker told WTAE that his escape made El Chapo a hero in Mexico.Before his arrest, El Chapo was considered the world's richest and most powerful drug trafficker.Among the other bizarre Halloween costumes for sale this year are a sexed-up Cecil the Lion and a unisex Caitlin outfit, based on Caitlin Jenner's gender transition...
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