Sean Penn said his article on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “failed” in its mission.
“Let me be clear. My article has failed,” Penn said.
Speaking to “60 Minutes,” the actor said his intention in tracking down the escaped drug kingpin and writing about him for Rolling Stone, was to shed new light on the US government’s policy in the War on Drugs.
But the public’s attention has been focused instead on how Penn found and met with him last October when Mexican officials couldn’t. Guzman was re-captured only last week after six months on the run.
Penn said the Mexican government was “clearly very humiliated.”He said he had hoped that his article would begin start a conversation about drug policy.
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