Actor Sean Penn lied when he reported that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman boasted to him about his drug shipments and money laundering in an article published Saturday, one of Guzman’s lawyers claimed Wednesday.
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Bullet holes riddle the walls of the second floor of the home that marines raided in their search for Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in Los Mochis, Mexico, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.
Rolling Stone published the first-ever interview with “El Chapo”, conducted by none other than the Oscar-winning actor.
Del Castillo responded: “I must confess that I feel protected for the first time”.
Every phone call or text, every movement in the region was analyzed, the ex-official said, including Guzman’s October 2 meeting with Penn and del Castillo.
Mancia told AFP she is certain the shirts are one and the same.
You wouldn’t mistake the mustachioed druglord for the bearded, coiffed model.
“I’ll tell you, I am more excited about you than the (movie) script”, Guzman wrote to Del Castillo.
Barabas also posted a screenshot of a video showing Guzman wearing a silk paisley shirt, which the company says is one of its “Crazy Paisley” models.
The trail for Guzman had gone cold until telecommunication intercepts – along with Penna and Castillo’s travel to meet El Chapo – helped USA and Mexican law enforcement narrow down the drug lord’s location. “It’s a remarkable story“.
The messages provide a new window into the mysterious relationship between the then-fugitive and Del Castillo, who brokered the get-together between Guzman and Penn – even though the fugitive appeared to know little about the actor. It asked potential buyers to check its Amazon page instead for its “famous El Chapo Shirts”.
Mexican officials have already begun the process of extraditing Guzman to the USA, according to ABC 7, and his exact destination here will be determined by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
The world’s most wanted drug kingpin, Guzman was recaptured last week in northwest Mexico and is now back in the same maximum security prison be escaped from in July via a tunnel that burrowed right up into his cell.
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In a 10,000-word article for Rolling Stone magazine, following a clandestine meeting with the drug lord, Mr Penn wrote that Guzman had described himself as the world’s biggest drug dealer.
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We’re super interested to see what Sean has to say about the whole ordeal! Whats new about that?Hope cautioned that having leaked the transcripts might give Guzmans lawyers ammunition to argue the government had violated legal requirements to keep evidence in criminal cases confidential.They are giving El Chapo some magnificent grounds to appeal, Hope said.
