Drug lord 'El Chapo' met with actor Sean Penn before capture, officials say
MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican law enforcement official says recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's secret interview with actor Sean Penn helped authorities locate his whereabouts.
Guzman was arrested early Friday after a shootout in his home state of Culiacan that killed five and injured one marine.
Mexico Attorney General Arely Gomez said Friday that Guzman's contact with actors and producers for a biopic helped gave law enforcement a new lead on tracking and capturing the world's most notorious drug kingpin.
The official, who spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity, said it was the Penn interview that led authorities to Guzman in a rural part of Durango state in October. They aborted their raid at the time because he was with two women and child. - Katherine Corcoran.
