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And the wealthy narco was anything but shy – at least, until his arrest in late 2013. Using the tag #Antrax, El Chino, along with other members of the murderous group, began using Instagram to show off personalized gold-plated assault rifles, piles of money, domesticated lions and tigers, and the kind of treasures that honesty can rarely afford.
And the wealthy narco was anything but shy – at least, until his arrest in late 2013. Using the tag #Antrax, El Chino, along with other members of the murderous group, began using Instagram to show off personalized gold-plated assault rifles, piles of money, domesticated lions and tigers, and the kind of treasures that honesty can rarely afford.
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The battle to be “Narco King of Instagram” doesn’t seem to make sense. Surely anyone who makes an illegal living on the back of violence and the drugs trade wouldn’t want to publicize their deeds and ill-gotten gains to the public – and the police. Well, it doesn’t seem to bother the big dogs of the narcotics trade, for a trend has seen them using social media to show off the luxurious trappings of their nefarious businesses as they bid to win the title.
The battle to be “Narco King of Instagram” doesn’t seem to make sense. Surely anyone who makes an illegal living on the back of violence and the drugs trade wouldn’t want to publicize their deeds and ill-gotten gains to the public – and the police. Well, it doesn’t seem to bother the big dogs of the narcotics trade, for a trend has seen them using social media to show off the luxurious trappings of their nefarious businesses as they bid to win the title.
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Recently, the Netflix hit Narcos – a drama re-telling the Scarface-like rise of the Colombian Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel in the 1970s and 1980s – has presented the lavish lifestyles of the untouchable “narcos” to a new audience.
Recently, the Netflix hit Narcos – a drama re-telling the Scarface-like rise of the Colombian Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel in the 1970s and 1980s – has presented the lavish lifestyles of the untouchable “narcos” to a new audience.
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Yet if this war of fortunes and filters on Instagram is anything to go by, the extravagance of the narco lifestyle is still as jaw-dropping today as it was when Escobar paved the way all those years ago.
Yet if this war of fortunes and filters on Instagram is anything to go by, the extravagance of the narco lifestyle is still as jaw-dropping today as it was when Escobar paved the way all those years ago.
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The Instagram hashtags #narcos and #narcostyle have been immensely popular hotbeds where the illegally opulent can brazenly show off their wealth to thousands of followers.
The Instagram hashtags #narcos and #narcostyle have been immensely popular hotbeds where the illegally opulent can brazenly show off their wealth to thousands of followers.
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With an astonishing lack of subtlety, contenders for the coca-crown have been snapping and sharing snippets of their unbelievable affluence. Flash cars, great piles of cash, customized guns, exotic pets and a liberal dose of curvy, skimpily dressed women tend to be the focus of the images.
With an astonishing lack of subtlety, contenders for the coca-crown have been snapping and sharing snippets of their unbelievable affluence. Flash cars, great piles of cash, customized guns, exotic pets and a liberal dose of curvy, skimpily dressed women tend to be the focus of the images.
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The trend seemingly began when three of the sons of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán – the leader of the ultra-violent Sinaloa Cartel – started showing off the spoils of their involvement in the $3 billion drugs syndicate.
The trend seemingly began when three of the sons of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán – the leader of the ultra-violent Sinaloa Cartel – started showing off the spoils of their involvement in the $3 billion drugs syndicate.
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Ivan, Alfredo and Joaquin began posting the images with a proud focus on the illegality of the lifestyle. Some pictures even showed the bullet holes in police cars, reminding the world that these lifestyles have been paid for with blood.
Ivan, Alfredo and Joaquin began posting the images with a proud focus on the illegality of the lifestyle. Some pictures even showed the bullet holes in police cars, reminding the world that these lifestyles have been paid for with blood.
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Not to be outdone, José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa – better known as “El Chino Ántrax,” head of the heavily armed Los Ántrax enforcer wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and a figure whose notoriety for organized crime and brutal violence is widespread across Mexico – joined the hashtag battle.
Not to be outdone, José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa – better known as “El Chino Ántrax,” head of the heavily armed Los Ántrax enforcer wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and a figure whose notoriety for organized crime and brutal violence is widespread across Mexico – joined the hashtag battle.
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Incidentally, the classic “Ántrax pose” features a gang member sitting with a gun and hiding their face with either a bandana or a hat – or by using software to blur out their features.
Incidentally, the classic “Ántrax pose” features a gang member sitting with a gun and hiding their face with either a bandana or a hat – or by using software to blur out their features.
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Other members of the Sinaloa Cartel have even been known to show off their illegal private menageries alongside their mansions and high-end cars. And it’s not just big cats that are being flaunted. Other exotic pets such as chimpanzees have been displayed alongside the #narcostyle hashtag.
Other members of the Sinaloa Cartel have even been known to show off their illegal private menageries alongside their mansions and high-end cars. And it’s not just big cats that are being flaunted. Other exotic pets such as chimpanzees have been displayed alongside the #narcostyle hashtag.
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Before his imprisonment in 2014, El Chino was fond of parading his escapades with the fairer sex, too. The man who once displayed a pic of himself posing alongside an unwitting Paris Hilton was also romantically linked to Claudia Ochoa Felix, known as the Kim Kardashian of the narcotics world thanks to her voluptuous figure and prodigious use of Instagram.
Before his imprisonment in 2014, El Chino was fond of parading his escapades with the fairer sex, too. The man who once displayed a pic of himself posing alongside an unwitting Paris Hilton was also romantically linked to Claudia Ochoa Felix, known as the Kim Kardashian of the narcotics world thanks to her voluptuous figure and prodigious use of Instagram.
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Felix, a mother-of-three famed for her good looks and #narcostyle poses, has showcased both her wealth and her links to El Chino’s dangerous world.
Felix, a mother-of-three famed for her good looks and #narcostyle poses, has showcased both her wealth and her links to El Chino’s dangerous world.
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And after rumors of her murder at the hands of the cartel were found to have been false, Felix used her newfound internet notoriety to don her warpaint and start showing off – even posing with weapons such as a customized pink AK-47 and a bazooka.
And after rumors of her murder at the hands of the cartel were found to have been false, Felix used her newfound internet notoriety to don her warpaint and start showing off – even posing with weapons such as a customized pink AK-47 and a bazooka.
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In December 2013 El Chino himself was brought into custody and is now facing a minimum of a decade in prison for drug trafficking – but not before he’d reportedly married Felix.
In December 2013 El Chino himself was brought into custody and is now facing a minimum of a decade in prison for drug trafficking – but not before he’d reportedly married Felix.
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