“According to sources at the first level in the National Security Commission, [Guzman] went to Tijuana to receive an aesthetic treatment and undergo a surgery to implant a prosthesis, a procedure that usually requires general anesthetic and an operating room, ” which could not be done in the mountains of Sinaloa, according to Loret.
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The Mexican marines who captured El Chapo were wearing GoPro cameras, and the footage of their raid was just released.
“Today I believe more in El Chapo Guzman than in the governments that hide the truth from me, even though it is painful”, del Castillo wrote, She later reflected on an interview on CNN en Espanol that, more than a compliment to El Chapo, her message was a criticism of the Mexican political class.
In light of that, it is surprising that Guzman, who spent years evading capture, would have continued in such constant contact with the actress.
It doesn’t get much more dramatic than this: the operation to recapture notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been caught on police bodycam Hollywood-style – complete with plumes of smoke, gunshots and heavily armed men everywhere. It’s a plan that Mexico’s leaders have resisted but are now accepting at long last. Actor Sean Penn under scrutiny after secret meeting with “El Chapo ” Five people died in gun battle at the home located in the seaside city of Guzman’s home state of Sinaloa.
And there was another caveat: in one message, the account identified as Del Castillo’s mentions a US lawyer who she said had offered to handle Guzman’s affairs – presumably related to the movie project.
The DEA said after Guzman escaped prison in July that allegations she and he had conceived a child while he was jailed were untrue.
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Mexican federal officials have confirmed that the drug lord appears to have been infatuated with the actress. Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who steered the Juarez cartel to prominence in the mid-1990s, died while getting plastic surgery in 1997.
