Mexican official: Sean Penn led us to El Chapo

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

MEXICO CITY - The recapture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took a surprise, Hollywood twist when a Mexican official said security forces located the whereabouts of the world's most-wanted trafficker thanks to a secret interview with U.S. actor Sean Penn.

Penn's interview with Guzman, who has twice escaped from Mexican maximum security prisons, appeared late Saturday on the website of Rolling Stone magazine. It was purportedly held at an undisclosed hideout in Mexico in late 2015, several months before Guzman's recapture Friday in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, after six months on the run.........

In the article, Penn describes the elaborate security measures he took ahead of the clandestine meeting. But apparently they were not enough.

A Mexican federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to comment on the issue, told the Associated Press it was the Penn interview that led authorities to Guzman in a rural part of Durango state in October.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-official-sean-penn-led-us-to-drug-lord-joaquin-el-chapo-guzman/

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This guy has a hugely oversized ego, he was working on plans to have a movie made about his life.

[FLPanhandle]

1. I wonder if he will put out a contract on Penn now.

Seems like it would be something he would do.

[FarPoint]

2. A serious concern indeed.

Ohhh- my....

[groundloop]

3. I didn't get the sense that Penn actually cooperated with authorities

But yes, it seem irresponsible for authorities to be bragging about who they used while capturing a criminal of this magnitude.

[philosslayer]

4. This could put Mr. Penn in some danger

I hope he takes the appropriate precautions.

[pipoman]

5. Shotgun Sean?

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Charlise Theron made him get rid of all his guns

But they broke up. I wonder if he got some more.

[dinkytron]

6. Penn should have gone undercover....

maybe as Jeff Spicolli.

[Gothmog]

7. El Chapo's ego was his downfall

[bullwinkle428]

9. EXACTLY what I was thinking this morning when I heard the news.

[mwrguy]

8. Once again, Sean is a hero

[B2G]

10. A hero??

He didn't intend to lead them to him.

Sheesh.

[question everything]

16. Wondered about it

Whether he cooperated with the authorities or they just followed him on his visits.

[onecent]

14. Sean Penn is a Master. One of my

biggest idols, and a legend in his own time. I have loved his acting and his goodness he does for the poor people.
May he be safe!!!!

[Auggie]

12. I like Penn, I liked the article, but it was a risky/dumb thing to do

Now he has look over his shoulder for a long time to come

[valerief]

13. Who benefits financially from his capture and possible conviction?

Who gets his cartel?

[Odin2005]

15. Looks like Penn is a walking dead man, now.

Chapo's boys are going to kill him.

[Blue_Tires]

17. Maybe Penn can interview Snowden next...

Those two belong together anyway...

[yellowcanine]

18. Title misleads. He said "Penn Interview," not Sean Penn.

"it was the Penn interview that led authorities to Guzman"

Big difference. Sean Penn did not blow Guzman's cover. Guzman blew Guzman's cover by doing the interview.