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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Sean Penn a walking dead man?
Even if Penn was totally blameless, just the mere suspicion or
slightest hint of involvement is more than enough justification
for the players involved to go after him.
As a Mexican national, the actress that arranged the meeting is
probably even more at risk.
If I were either... I'd be looking at hiring some serious security
and hiding place right about now.
Sean Penn Meeting Helped in 'Chapo' Guzman's Downfall: Sources
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A secretive meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman in a jungle hideout late last year helped Mexico's government catch the world's most wanted drug lord, sources said.
Guzman, the infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested in northwest Mexico on Friday morning, and sent back to the prison he broke out of in July through a mile-long tunnel that led straight into his cell.
Penn said in the article that he was sure the Mexican government and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was tracking him.
And two senior Mexican government sources said they were indeed aware of the October meeting and monitored his movements.
That helped lead them days later to a ranch where Guzman was staying, one of the sources said. Mexican forces used helicopter gunships to attack Guzman's ranch during a siege that lasted days.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A secretive meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman in a jungle hideout late last year helped Mexico's government catch the world's most wanted drug lord, sources said.
Guzman, the infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested in northwest Mexico on Friday morning, and sent back to the prison he broke out of in July through a mile-long tunnel that led straight into his cell.
Penn said in the article that he was sure the Mexican government and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was tracking him.
And two senior Mexican government sources said they were indeed aware of the October meeting and monitored his movements.
That helped lead them days later to a ranch where Guzman was staying, one of the sources said. Mexican forces used helicopter gunships to attack Guzman's ranch during a siege that lasted days.
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Is Sean Penn a walking dead man? (Original Post)
Heeeeers Johnny
Jan 2016
OP
newblewtoo
(667 posts)1. yes
n/t
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)2. His children are young adults, but I'd take an extended vacation to Iceland if I were them.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)3. I suspect the Sinaloa boys
have reach to Reykjavik, no problem.
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)4. Probably so.
chowder66
(9,010 posts)5. Doubt it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-11/penn-wont-face-us-charges-over-el-chapo-interview/7079674
In the US, a problem might have arisen if the Justice Department were still pursuing Guzman, New York free speech attorney Floyd Abrams said, adding Penn would also not have faced legal jeopardy had he met Guzman simply as a private citizen.
"The fact that he's acting as a journalist, if anything, would be even more helpful in showing that he wasn't engaged in some conspiracy," he said.
"Had he given him money, had he given him advice of some sort, how to avoid detection, that might be something else," Mr Adams said.
Find out how notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman gave prison authorities the slip last year.
But simply meeting and talking "would not provide a basis for any criminal action".
In the US, a problem might have arisen if the Justice Department were still pursuing Guzman, New York free speech attorney Floyd Abrams said, adding Penn would also not have faced legal jeopardy had he met Guzman simply as a private citizen.
"The fact that he's acting as a journalist, if anything, would be even more helpful in showing that he wasn't engaged in some conspiracy," he said.
"Had he given him money, had he given him advice of some sort, how to avoid detection, that might be something else," Mr Adams said.
Find out how notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman gave prison authorities the slip last year.
But simply meeting and talking "would not provide a basis for any criminal action".
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)6. Response from law enforcement isn't the issue
Response from Mexican drug gangs is the issue.
chowder66
(9,010 posts)9. My bad. I had another window open for another op. thx! nt
razorman
(1,644 posts)12. Exactly. Legalities regarding his status as a "journalist" are the least of
Penn's problems at this point. The authorities are not the ones he needs to convince.
spanone
(135,627 posts)7. i also thought it might be detrimental to his health...
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)8. He followed all of El Chapo's protocols.
El Chapo thinks of himself as a fair man. I think Penn's okay.
Rex
(65,616 posts)10. Penn is fine, unless another drug lord wants to make an example out of him.
WTF was Penn thinking SHOULD be the real question! Play with fire and get burned.
jonno99
(2,620 posts)11. Let's just say I wouldn't want to be in his shoes for the next year or so...nt