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| Sean Penn took meeting in jungle with 'El Chapo' |
| 2016-01-11 |
| [USATODAY] Sean Penn stunned Hollywood again, and not for his acting. Penn, the Oscar-winning movie star, political and humanitarian activist, rebel with many causes, writer and globetrotter, says he took a secret meeting late last year in a Mexican jungle with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the runaway kingpin of the Sinaloa narco mob and two-time escapee from Mexican jails. Penn says this in an 11,000-word article, headlined "El Chapo Speaks," published in Rolling Stone late Saturday, complete with a picture of Penn and Guzmán (known as Shorty in Spanish) shaking hands, and a video of the paunchy-and-short drug lord answering questions about his sprawling drug business. Penn says their meeting started with a warm hug. When it ended hours later, Penn had a scoop and the possible script for a different movie: Call it Sean and Shorty. It's an episode bound to add to the mystique of Sean Penn-the-iconoclast, says PR expert Howard Bragman, founder of 15 Minutes PR. Perhaps by coincidence, the news broke on the eve of the Golden Globes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 If Penn led the federales to El Chapo, he might get a dirt nap from Sinaloa. If he did not and met with EC and the federales did not know about it, he may have issues with the federales, so he better stay from Mexico for a generation or two. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-01-11 18:29 |
| #9 Brave, stupid? Gotta go with stupid. Maybe Penn can interview ISIL leadership next. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-01-11 15:10 |
| #8 It may be a two-fer. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-01-11 14:19 |
| #7 Sean may have won himself the 'burning tire necklace' award. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-11 13:27 |
| #6 And soon we'll never have to put up with Sean Penn again. Yay! |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Foreign Affairs Division 2016-01-11 12:18 |
| #5 The feds credit tracking Sean to find El Chapo. Sean is an idiot of the highest order. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-01-11 12:11 |
| #4 No worries, Mike. In spite of all his rhetoric about gun control, Penn is packing. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-11 12:08 |
| #3 ...On the other hand, you have got to be wondering if some very, very bad hombres aren't wondering if Mr Penn led the Authorities to their meal ticket. Popcorn, anyone? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-01-11 11:45 |
| #2 Probably unrelated, but 'Zero Dark Thirty' grossed $90 million at the box office and was nominated for five academy awards. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-11 09:23 |
| #1 A man of the world. Give him credit for going there and doing that, even if he's still a commie asshole. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-01-11 09:16 |