MEXICO CITY , Mexico ( CNN ) -- What do software mogul Bill Gates and banking investor Warren Buffett have in common with wanted Mexican drug lord Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman Loera ? Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman Loera , pictured in 1993 , ranks 701st on Forbes ' yearly report on billionaires . They are all featured in Forbes magazine 's world 's billionaires report as `` self-made '' billionaires . Guzman Loera , whose nickname means Shorty , escaped from a Mexican prison in 2001 . He heads the powerful Sinaloa cartel , investigators say . Authorities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border blame the Sinaloa and other cartels for a surge in violence in the region . He ranked 701st on Forbes ' yearly report , with an estimated fortune of $ 1 billion . Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora expressed outrage at the publication and described Forbes ' calculations on Guzman Loera 's fortune as mere `` speculation . '' `` I will never accept that a criminal could be recognized as someone distinguished , even if it is by a magazine like Forbes , '' Medina Mora said to local media during a drug traffic summit Thursday in Vienna , Austria . Forbes is `` comparing the deplorable activity of a criminal wanted in Mexico and abroad with that of honest businessmen , '' he said . Mexican President Felipe Calderon -- speaking at a business summit Thursday in Mexico City -- alluded to the report , saying , `` It is very sad the intensification of a campaign , which seems to me , has been launched against Mexico . '' Calderon added , `` Public opinion and now even magazines not only attack and lie about the situation in Mexico , but now also praise criminals . In Mexico , it is considered a crime to praise criminals . '' Guzman Loera has a three-decade history of drug trade spanning North , Central and South America . The Forbes profile of Guzman Loera reported that `` the U.S. government is offering a $ 5 million reward '' for the billionaire 's capture . Steve Forbes , the magazine 's editor-in-chief , issued a statement on Saturday saying `` it is deplorable that someone like this has a billion dollars . '' But the magazine , he said , was simply doing its job and reporting a fact . `` Forbes has listed other criminals from Meyer Lansky ( 1982 ) to Pablo Escobar ( 1987-1993 ) on our Rich Lists , '' Forbes said . `` Do n't shoot the messenger . '' Its article offers a rationale as to why Guzman Loera made the list . `` So is there anywhere one can still make a fortune these days ? The 38 newcomers offer a few clues . Among the more notable new billionaires are Mexican Joaquin Guzman Loera , one of the biggest suppliers of cocaine to the U.S. '' CNN 's Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report .
Joaquin ` ` El Chapo '' Guzman Loera reportedly heads Sinaloa cartel in Mexico . Magazine says that Loera ` ` one of the biggest suppliers of cocaine to the U.S. '' He ranks 701st on Forbes ' yearly report -- worth an estimated $ 1 billion . Mexico 's attorney general expresses outrage at the report .