Wednesday proved to be a banner day for international law enforcement. Not only was Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, arrested by Pakistani authorities on terrorism financing charges, but the kingpin of kingpins, El Chapo, was sentenced to life in a maximum-security U.S. prison.

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, the head of the vicious and bloodthirsty Sinaloa Cartel, has been described by the U.S. Justice Department as “one of the world’s most prolific, violent and powerful drug cartels.” The cartel controlled some 50% of Mexico’s drug trade, and El Chapo had suspected earnings of some $3 billion.