There are innumerable questions that could be asked about the recent capture of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and a lot of them have to to with why, during his flight from the law, El Chapo had a sit-down interview with movie star and activist Sean Penn, an interview that led to his eventual recapture.
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“We investigate actions, we don’t investigate people”, he said.
More recently, Sean Penn wrote for Rolling Stone about a secret meeting with Guzman.
But he noted, “meeting with a fugitive or criminal is not a crime, even if the law says we should report crimes, there is no punishment for not doing so”.
Mexican authorities have also revealed they want to speak to actor Sean Penn after it emerged he met the narcotics baron at a secret location in the Mexican jungle. “The first motivation was meeting Kate del Castillo and striking a relationship there”, Vigil said, citing intelligence sources.
Another official said Guzman, 58, used the codename “hermosa” (“beautiful”) when referring to the actress, who became famous for her role as a drug lord in the TV series “The Queen of the South”. The world’s most wanted drug lord was recaptured by Mexi…
Sanchez, however, did criticize what he said were attempts to glorify drug traffickers.
Another picture shows the pair greeting a man before taking a vehicle that took them to an airstrip in the neighboring state of Nayarit, the newspaper said.
Mexico has ordered the arrest of more than 20 former officials, guards and police officers in connection with Guzman’s escape a year ago. Guzman and his security chief travelled several blocks through the meter-tall storm sewer before popping out in the middle of an intersection.
But Corchado says despite the continuing violence, Mexican journalists “will continue to keep trying to find the truth and keep trying to shine the light”.
Barragan y Salvatierra said that meeting with Guzman for journalistic purposes would be a solid defense. The logistics still haven’t been worked out, so it’s not clear when the interview will air.
Guzman, whose nickname El Chapo means shorty in Spanish, was arrested on Friday in a raid in his home state of Sinaloa, six months after he was sprung from a maximum security prison.
Mexico has begun the process of extraditing Guzman to the United States, but that process will probably take “one year or longer”, the head of Mexico’s extradition office, Manuel Merino, told Radio Formula on Monday.
Video footage broadcast by Televisa on Monday showed Marines firing shots inside the house during Friday’s dawn raid and images of the ground-floor dressing room where the tunnel entrance was hidden.
It changed its position after he escaped a Mexican prison last July for the third time.
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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was on the run for almost six months before he was captured by Mexican marines on January 8.
