El Chapo is the head of the sinaloa cartel: "Chicago, home of the Mercantile Exchange, has always been a hub from which legitimate goods fan out across the cou

El Chapo is the head of the sinaloa cartel: "Chicago, home of the Mercantile Exchange, has always been a hub from which legitimate goods fan out across the country, and it’s no different for black-market commodities. Chapo has used the city as a clearinghouse since the early 1990s; he once described it as his “home port.”" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/how-a-mexican-drug-cartel-makes-its-billions.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/how-a-mexican-dru... "Chicago is a major trafficking route for Mexican cartels and has become a hub for the distribution of heroin across the Midwest. The dangerous result has been an increase in heroin overdose deaths in Illinois." http://www.wbez.org/news/heroin-its-cheap-its-available-and-its-dangerous-business-109304 http://www.wbez.org/news/heroin-its-cheap-its-available-and-... It's a border security issue because the drugs are coming from the south, by gangs that can operate across the border almost unchallenged.