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'El Chapo' No Longer Chicago's Public Enemy Number One

Joaquin "El Chapo'' Guzman is no longer Chicago’s Public Enemy Number One.  The alleged Mexican drug lord received the designation in 2013 from the Chicago Crime Commission.  

At the time, he was on the lam in Mexico and accused of smuggling drugs into the city via his Sinaloa cartel. Officials claim these drugs contributed to an increase in violence and social ills.  The commission removed the designation Wednesday.  

Guzman is only the second individual to be named "Public Enemy Number One."  The first was notorious gangster Al Capone.