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Mexico: Sean Penn, El Chapo, friends? UPDATED

UPDATE: It was a movie deal disguised as an interview.

Earlier post:

Mexican authorities couldn’t find El Chapo, but Rolling Stone Mag could, and sent Sean Penn to interview him in his jungle hideout,
and interview Sean did,
for seven hours,
in the jungle.

Yes, the Sean Penn.

I kid you not:

Sean Penn Sat for Secret Interview With ‘El Chapo,’ Mexican Drug Lord

The seven hours Mr. Guzmán spent with Mr. Penn, and the follow-up interviews by phone and video, which began in October while he was on the run from the Mexican and American authorities, marked another surreal turn in his long-running battle to evade Mexican and American authorities. Mr. Guzmán, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who had twice escaped jail, was captured in his home state of Sinaloa in northwest Mexico on Friday after a gun battle with the authorities.

El Chapo sang like a bird,

It also marks a stark admission that he has operated a drug empire. Interviewed by a group of reporters in 1993 after a previous arrest, Mr. Guzmán denied that he engaged in drug dealing. “I’m a farmer,” he said, listing his produce as corn and beans. He denied that he used weapons or had a significant funds.

They even had a photo-op,

Read the whole thing.

And then try to understand why I find most fiction dull at this point.

But wait!
There’s more!

Hey, you can bet your PowerBall ticket there’s a film script in the works.

And,

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Comments

  1. “On the Cover of the Rolling Stone” doesn’t mean what it used to be, after Rolling Stone published libelous material on the alleged UVA rape and this article. It is of note that a lot of the comments on Rolling Stone express disapproval of Sean Penn or Rolling Stone. What the heck, it’s just the profile of a bean farmer defending his land.

    Off hand one might think that El Chapo’s getting final approval power would be nullified by his recent jailing, but Sean Penn and Rolling Stone full well realize that even while being jailed, El Chapo has the ability to express disapproval by ordering his minions to shoot someone.