Description text from DEA Museum:
<p>DIMENSIONS: 16" L (8.5" without suppressor) x 1.5" W x 5.5" H
</p><p>ACCESSION NUMBER: 2020.21.2
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Joaquín “El Chapo” Archivaldo Guzmán Loera is the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and was one of the most powerful and dangerous drug traffickers in the world. He is currently serving a life sentence plus 30 years in a federal maximum-security prison. This pistol was found in one of Guzmán safe houses before his infamous and deadly career came to an end. The diamond-encrusted 9mm Beretta Parabellum pistol looks to be gold plated and starkly contrasts the brutal effects of Guzmán’s illicit drug trade on countless lives. Guzman may have had the pistol custom made for his two children.
Drug Enforcement Administration Museum
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