Įxperts state that the legislation would be ineffective at raising sufficient sums for construction of a border wall. Department of Justice's Assets Forfeiture Fund, which is first used to "satisfying valid liens, mortgages, and other innocent owner claims, and costs associated with accomplishing the legal forfeiture of the property" and is also used to fund enforcement training, equipment, and investigations. government, which is to deposit the seized assets of drug smugglers into the U.S. This would be a change from the usual practice of the U.S. The legislation would require any money seized by the United States from Guzmán and other "drug lords" via asset forfeiture to pay for a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Guzmán was convicted in federal court for drug trafficking crimes in January 2019. He was extradited to the United States a year later on January 19, 2017, to face charges there related to his leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was captured on January 8, 2016, in Mexico after his third escape from prison. Known as "El Chapo" ("Shorty" in Spanish) for his 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) stature, he became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel, and was considered the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is a Mexican drug lord who headed the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed.