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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSean Penn Sat for Secret Interview With ‘El Chapo,’ Mexican Drug Lord
Sean Penn Sat for Secret Interview With El Chapo, Mexican Drug LordBy RAVI SOMAIYA at the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/world/americas/el-chapo-mexican-drug-lord-interview-with-sean-penn.html?_r=0
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The interview with Rolling Stone, believed to be the first Mr. Guzmán has given in decades, was conducted over several sessions. It was scheduled to be published online Saturday night.
The interviews were held in a jungle clearing atop a mountain at an undisclosed location in Mexico. Surrounded by more than 100 cartel troops, and wearing a silk shirt and pressed black jeans, Mr. Guzmán sat down to dinner with Mr. Penn and Kate del Castillo, an actress who once played a drug kingpin in a soap opera.
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Mr. Penns account is likely to deepen the concern among the Mexican authorities already embarrassed by Mr. Guzmáns multiple escapes, the months required to find him again and his status for some as something of a folk hero. Mr. Penn describes being waved through a military road checkpoint on his way to meet Mr. Guzmán, which Mr. Penn suggested was because the soldiers recognized Mr. Guzmáns son. Mr. Penn said he was also told, during a leg of the journey taken in a small plane equipped with a scrambling device for ground radar only, that the cartel was informed by an insider when the military deployed a high-altitude surveillance plane that might have spotted their movements.
In the end, the Mexican authorities said Friday night that Mr. Guzmán had been caught partly because he had been planning a movie about his life, and had contacted actors and producers, which had helped the authorities to track him down. Mr. Penns story says that Mr. Guzmán, inundated with Hollywood offers while in prison, had indeed elected to make his own movie. Ms. del Castillo, whom he contacted through his lawyer after she posted supportive messages on Twitter, was the only person he trusted to shepherd the project, according to the story. Mr. Penn heard about the connection with Ms. del Castillo through a mutual acquaintance, and asked if he might do an interview.
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Sean Penn Sat for Secret Interview With ‘El Chapo,’ Mexican Drug Lord (Original Post)
applegrove
Jan 2016
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Maybe he knew it would lead to el chapo's capture. Who would be a better actor? He could
applegrove
Jan 2016
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underthematrix
(5,811 posts)1. Crime pays in America
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longship
(40,416 posts)3. "Sean Penn wins Dennis Rodman Journalism/Diplomacy Award.
applegrove
(118,630 posts)4. Maybe he knew it would lead to el chapo's capture. Who would be a better actor? He could
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legitimately use burners and follow other ways of protecting el chapo all the while knowing he was opening an intelligence portal by his physical proximity to el chapo. Could happen
melman
(7,681 posts)5. Does Sean Penn think he's above the law?
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This whole thing looks pretty bad if you ask me.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)6. Almost as bad as THAT SHIRT!