Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 17:22:56 GMT 7
Sean Penn Met With 'El Chapo,' And It Apparently Led To His Arrest
Always knew Sean was good for something besides the great movie Dead Man Walking
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/el-chapo-sean-penn-meeting-led-to-arrest_5691d6e5e4b0a2b6fb70617b?qqfflxr=
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's secret interview with U.S. actor Sean Penn helped authorities locate his whereabouts, a Mexican law enforcement official said late Saturday. The world's most wanted drug trafficker was arrested early Friday after a shootout in Los Mochis in his home state of Sinaloa, six months after he embarrassed the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto by escaping from Mexico's most-secure prison. Five people were killed during the operation that led to the recapture of Guzman, who has twice escaped from prison.
Mexico Attorney General Arely Gomez had said on Friday that Guzman's contact with actors and producers for a possible biopic helped give law enforcement a new lead on tracking and capturing the world's most notorious drug kingpin.
On Saturday, a Mexican official said it was the Penn interview that led authorities to Guzman in a rural part of Durango state in October. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to comment. Authorities aborted their raid at the time because he was with two women and child. But they were able to track him to Los Mochis, Sinaloa, where he was captured.
The interview between Guzman and Penn, purportedly held in late 2015 in a hideout in Mexico, appeared late Saturday on the website of Rolling Stone magazine.
In it, the actor describes the complicated security measures he took to meet the drug lord. The men discuss topics ranging from drug trafficking to the Middle East.
Always knew Sean was good for something besides the great movie Dead Man Walking
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/el-chapo-sean-penn-meeting-led-to-arrest_5691d6e5e4b0a2b6fb70617b?qqfflxr=
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's secret interview with U.S. actor Sean Penn helped authorities locate his whereabouts, a Mexican law enforcement official said late Saturday. The world's most wanted drug trafficker was arrested early Friday after a shootout in Los Mochis in his home state of Sinaloa, six months after he embarrassed the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto by escaping from Mexico's most-secure prison. Five people were killed during the operation that led to the recapture of Guzman, who has twice escaped from prison.
Mexico Attorney General Arely Gomez had said on Friday that Guzman's contact with actors and producers for a possible biopic helped give law enforcement a new lead on tracking and capturing the world's most notorious drug kingpin.
On Saturday, a Mexican official said it was the Penn interview that led authorities to Guzman in a rural part of Durango state in October. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to comment. Authorities aborted their raid at the time because he was with two women and child. But they were able to track him to Los Mochis, Sinaloa, where he was captured.
The interview between Guzman and Penn, purportedly held in late 2015 in a hideout in Mexico, appeared late Saturday on the website of Rolling Stone magazine.
In it, the actor describes the complicated security measures he took to meet the drug lord. The men discuss topics ranging from drug trafficking to the Middle East.
