FILE - In this June 10, 1993 file photo, Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias "El Chapo" Guzman, is shown to the media after his arrest at the high security prison of Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City. Guzman escaped from a maximum security federal prison in 2001 and continues to be a fugitive. On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the Chicago Crime Commission and the Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to name Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa crime cartel, as the new Public Enemy No. 1., the first time since Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone that authorities in the city deemed a crime figure so ominous a threat to deserve the label. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
The Chicago Crime Commission and the Drug Enforcement Agency bestowed that title Thursday on Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
He's head of the Sinaloa cartel, which authorities say is the main narcotics supplier to Chicago. Even though he's in hiding in Mexico, the agencies consider Guzman a local crime boss.
The announcement marks the first time the Chicago Crime Commission has used the Public Enemy No. 1 label since it was created for mobster Al Capone.
Crime Commission Vice President Art Bilek says Guzman deserves the title for the "viciousness, the evil and the power of this man."
Guzman has been indicted on federal trafficking charges in Chicago.
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