guzman, we also understand the linchpin of this penn/guzman meeting was a telenovella star, kate del castillo. have you heard of her before, n what do you make of that detail that you that detail, her being the one that brought the two together? it looks like our connection there with malcolm, author of the last narco has been lost. but if we get a reconnection, we ll try to get back to him. reflecting on that article written by sean penn about el chapo, joaquin guzman and his perspective on getting that interview and developments are in that story. now to how the penn/el chapo story is playing out in the press. it s dominated the upper fold of the new york times. the drug lord and the actor.
relation stone article was, as often is the case with some of these things, how he got there. the whole saga of how he got the story. the story itself, you know, a great mexican publisher who p s passed away recently did an interview with a crony of chapo s a new years ago. and it was the same story. you don t get much from the guy himself. it s very hard. i m not surprised that the interview was controlled by chapo. i m not surprised that he was asked to, you know, that he reviewed it before publication. there s a lot of buzz on twitter and among journalists whether it s ethical. when you interview a guy like that, you don t necessarily make the rules. right. malcolm, while nbc news has confirmed authorities were aware penn was in mexico to meet with
mexico. this photo was taken to authoenticate that meeting. i supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than any one. meanwhile a trusted source says authorities were aware penn and del castillo were in mexico to meet with guzman. authorities were in the process of trying to locate and capture el chapo. a planned arrest sweep was delayed to ensure the two were not harmed. el chapo and his security team are believed to have escaped having been alerted by local residents. that delay may have cost them the element of surprise. we reached out to sean penn but he was unavailable for comment. it wasn t until friday morning the mexican navy captured him following a bloody shootout in his home state. this is the first look inside the drainage tunnel where guzman tried to make his last-ditch effort to escape. mexican officials are moving toward extraditing guzman to
sean penn secretly met with joaquin el chapo guzman. he interviewed him just a few months before guzman s friday night arrest. the article written by penn was published on rolling stone s website just last night. the druglord in that interview answered questions on video that had been given to him ahead of time. rolling stone saying the final story was subject to approval by chapp io who did not ask for an changes. chapo said he went into the drug trade as a teenager because there was no other way to make a living. all of that just in part. gabe gutierrez is outside the mexican prison where guzman is being held and has the complete story on this. gabe, good day to you. richard, good afternoon. this is truly a remarkable story as you mentioned. this is believed to be el chapo s first public interview in several decades. mexican authorities are now investigating this trip.
face charges in the u.s. chapo guzman is going to be fighting extradition with every resource that he possibly has. the question right now is how much did penn s interview either help or hurt the overall operation? on friday, the mexican attorney general said that it was chapo s overall desire to make a movie about himself that was one of the lead, as well as his interaction with producers and actors. one of the leads that helped track him down and lead to his arrest. richard, back to you. gabe gutierrez in mexico, outside the prison where guzman is being held. let s bring in the author of the last narco.