Just like a journalist, Penn had no duty or obligation to inform authorities of his interview, even though the interview was with a person wanted by the law. Penn and del Castillo put themselves and others at enormous risk in pursuing this exclusive with one of the most unsafe men on earth.
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Asked about who is to blame for drug trafficking, Guzman says: “If there was no consumption, there would be no sales”.
But he cautioned that there could be a lengthy wait before US prosecutors can get their hands on Guzman, the most-wanted trafficker who was recaptured Friday after six months on the run: “You have to go through the judicial process, and the defense has its elements too”. He could be held liable for concealing and harboring a fugitive.
Penn unsuccessfully tried to set up a formal follow-up interview.
Left unsaid in Penn’s puff piece is one huge assumption.
But she has a much lower profile in America, even though she lives in Los Angeles and reportedly has USA citizenship, according to the Associated Press. He could likely count on the Hollywood community, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and high-level diplomats mobilizing and negotiating on his behalf to ensure his safety.
Kate del Castillo is a famous name here in Mexico for her acting roles.
She’s a Mexican actress, 43, daughter of famed Mexican actor Eric del Castillo, and a woman who’s been a star for 20 years in her native country, especially in Mexican telenovelas, or soap operas. It sends a bad message to her millions of fans – that Guzman deserves to be seen as a kind of folk hero, rather than a coldblooded killer. He took care of his grandmother’s cattle and chopped wood.
Penn’s story ran nine months after Rolling Stone retracted its discredited story about a gang rape at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia.
“It’s unfortunately in keeping with Jann’s tendency to ignore professional scruples in an effort to curry favor with celebrities”, said Robert Draper, a correspondent for GQ and author of “Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History”, said of the El Chapo story. In the meantime, apparently no one at the magazine thought it questionable to keep the details of this meeting secret while an global manhunt was on for Guzman.
“Allowing any source control over a story’s content is inexcusable”.
A Rolling Stone spokeswoman did not immediately return requests for comment. After a bit of communication, he granted them an interview. That didn’t really happen here.
“But I think it’s interesting, citizen journalism I guess”. He cites the hypocrisy of the American government’s stance on drugs and the public’s appetite for drugs, which fuels the cartels.
The meeting with Penn and Del Castillo yielded insight into how Chapo may have continued to conduct business while he was incarcerated.
Back in 2012, del Castillo made an open appeal to El Chapo urging him to use his drug trafficking empire for love, not violence.
A senior Mexican law official said authorities want to question Penn and del Castillo, and especially want to learn more about where the interview took place. The questions to El Chapo on camera come from the cameraman, but they were written by Penn, who met El Chapo for seven hours last October deep in the jungle, and who convinced El Chapo to send a tape to him soon afterward.
Penn’s interview with Guzman is a sad example of journalism.
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“… I don’t understand how he and Rolling Stone… sanctioned him going to meet that guy who is a wanted fugitive and then not to tell the authorities”, he said.
