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El Chapo Implicated In The Panama Scandal And No One Is Really Surprised

"Hard to believe that celeb El Chapo, kingpin of Mexican drug cartel, would stoop so low as to use offshore banking."
Ryan Barrell
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Writer, The Huffington Post UK

The Daily Mirror's front page on Thursday morning was among reports that sought to highlight more of the seemingly unlikely celebrities and sports stars linked to the Panama Papers.

The tabloid's splash was emblazoned with the faces of actor Jackie Chan, The Duchess Of York, footballers Willian and Andy Cole and... international druglord El Chapo?

The front page of the Daily Mirror on Thursday.
The front page of the Daily Mirror on Thursday.
The Daily Mirror

Needless to say just about everyone jumped in to point out that they weren't exactly shocked to hear that global druglord and cartel leader El Chapo was being a bit dodgy.

Saddened to hear international drug lord & now celebrity El Chapo has an offshore account. You just can't trust the cartels anymore!

— Josh De Souza Crook (@desouzacrook) April 7, 2016

Disappointed with El Chapo, didn't think he'd do anything illegal like this. Such a shame

— nœ (@ukhan_) April 7, 2016

I bet El Chapo isn't even VAT registered.

— Al Murray the318 (@almurray) April 7, 2016

If El Chapo isn’t careful he’s going to really start damaging his brand. :(

— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) April 7, 2016

@DailyMirror El Chapo!! Noooo. Not El Chapo. I'm not buying his cocaine again :((

— Estradguillos (@BrythonicCurve) April 7, 2016

El Chapo is in this Panama Papers scandal?...Wow, its always the ones you least expect.

— James Clapham (@james_clapham) April 7, 2016

Editor.... "I bet you can't get from Cowell to El Chapo in 3 moves"
Subbie "BOOM.. and a Thatcher to spare" @10anta https://t.co/4ZyIEZOTCW

— Colin Anderson (@cda1982) April 7, 2016

If you can't trust mexican drug bastard El Chapo to pay taxes who can you trust?

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) April 7, 2016

But there was at least one person who could see strong links between the celebrities.

Decent 5 aside team. Cole up front, Willian & Jackie Chan in M, El Chapo at the back with Faldo in goal #solid https://t.co/LSol7iiC84

— FootballShirtCollect (@thefootballsc) April 7, 2016

And it didn't take long for some of El Chapo's other misdemeanors to come to light:

Just seen El Chapo put non-recycling items in his recycling bin. He just keeps on disappointing. pic.twitter.com/hUuMYQF3wH

— Andy Kirk (@visualisingdata) April 7, 2016

While others were quick to point out that it might not have been all El Chapo's fault:

Proof #freelance drug lord El Chapo tried to pay his tax - it was just too complicated @DailyMirror #ElChapoGuzman pic.twitter.com/BQa2U93IuF

— Go Tax Yourself! (@TAXODapp) April 7, 2016

And these guys were having none of it:

Seriously el Chapo, never mind the murder, drug trafficking and organised crime. What about that offshore account?! pic.twitter.com/jjfoSGeswY

— Jonathan Bucks (@jonathanbucks) April 7, 2016

1. El Chapo is not a celebrity.
2.El Chapo breaks bare laws and you expect him to pay the correct taxes 😂😂😂 https://t.co/OArnNqpEfx

— Mo Money | Mo G (@Mo_George) April 7, 2016

For the record, El Chapo, previously the world's most wanted drug trafficker, is indeed a very bad man.

The Sinaloa drug cartel leader was re-arrested in January after a daring prison break.

The cartel smuggles multi-ton shipments of cocaine and marijuana as well as manufacturing and transporting methamphetamines and heroin, mostly to the US.

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