Interview with actor, Sean Penn may have led to El Chapo’s recapture

Six months after his prison break, Mexican drug lord Joacquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been recaptured and reports suggests that an interview he had with American actor Sean Penn may have led to his re-arrest.

According to an article the actor wrote for Rolling Stone, “El Chapo” granted him an interview in October, while he was a fugitive after escaping from a Mexican prison.‎
Penn says in the article that the interview for Rolling Stone was conducted over a seven-hour meeting, and in follow-up interviews over the phone and in video.

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On the other hand, Mexican government sources tell ABC news that Penn and Kate del Castillo, the Mexican actress who Penn says helped arrange the meeting, are under investigation for their “interview” with “El Chapo”.

The U.S. Department of Justice also declined to comment on the Rolling Stone story and whether Sean Penn’s interview may have led authorities to El Chapo.

According to the article, Guzman met Penn in his hideout in Mexico months before his recapture by Mexican marines in his home state of Sinaloa.

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