Mexican drug lord on most powerful list

MEXICO CITY: Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman - a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico - to its list of the 67 "World's Most Powerful People" on Wednesday.

At No 41 on the list, Guzman is ahead of presidents like Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

Forbes noted Guzman's profession as "drug trafficker" on the list published Wednesday on its website.