Tanks Used To Guard ‘El Chapo’ Over Escape Fears

Authorities raided his hideout in Durango state a few days after the meeting but Guzman grabbed his cook’s daughter and used her “as a human shield”, holding her in front of him as a helicopter hovered overhead, prompting soldiers to hold fire, a Mexican official said.

The iconic shot… Sean Penn and Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in the now sought-after shirt.

Mexican officials said that they are investigating the meeting held by then-fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman with actor Sean Penn and actress Kate del Castillo in October 2015 to discover if any crimes were committed.

Some legal experts have told People magazine that Penn may now face charges for his contact with Guzman.

A search on the IMPI website shows a brand under the name “El Chapo”, first registered in 2006.

However, on numerous occasions the Mexican government has made statements to the press about issues of security that have turned out to be false – including statements about the disappeared Ayotzinapa students.

In the article, Penn said he was not allowed to record his in-person conversation with Guzman.

Del Castillo sparked uproar in 2012 when she wrote on Twitter that she believes “more in Chapo Guzman than the governments”.

Guzman, 57, was arrested in the northern city of Los Mochis on Friday, six months after a dramatic second jailbreak through a tunnel in his cell.

The improved security measures also include reducing the number of inmates, quadrupling the number of cameras on the site and moving Guzman randomly, without warning, to different parts of the prison, Mexico government spokesman Eduardo Sanchez told Reuters.

On Jan. 8, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced that Guzman had been captured after a shootout in the city of Los Mochis, in his home state of Sinaloa.

The texts, published by Mexican newspaper Grupo Milenio, showed Guzman, 58, calling the actress “beautiful” and referring to himself as “Papa”.

Barabas published the now famous picture of the meeting between Sean Penn and Guzman, who at the time that the image was taken, was on the run from the Mexican authorities after escaping from a maximum-security jail. The head of the Sinaloa drug cartel also wanted to trademark his name with the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property and sell hats and toys emblazoned with his moniker, according to media reports Tuesday.

In the messages, even Guzman recognizes that Mexican or USA intelligence officials were probably following or monitoring numerous people who knew him.

The company quickly took advantage of the marketing opportunity, posting the “El Chapo” photo next to a photo of a model wearing the same shirt, with the words “Most Wanted Shirt” stamped underneath.

Penn has acknowledged he tagged along for the October 2 meeting at a mountain hide-out set up by Del Castillo to discuss plans for a movie about Guzman’s life.

Penn came in for scathing criticism over the interview both in Mexico and the U.S., with Republican Marco Rubio calling it “grotesque”.