MEXICO CITY (AP) — Transcripts of over a month of text messages between drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo showed the capo was less interested in making a movie about his life than he was in flirting with the actress.
The transcripts published Wednesday by the newspaper Milenio — and confirmed as authentic by a federal official — showed that Guzman's main concern was getting face-to-face get-togethers with Del Castillo, and that he didn't even really know who Sean Penn was.
Penn has acknowledged that he tagged along for the Oct. 2 meeting at a mountain hideout originally set up by Del Castillo.
"What's that actor's name?" the account identified as Guzman's writes in one message. He later asks his lawyers to tell him what movies Penn has appeared in. Even when Guzman dedicated a video statement as an "exclusive for" Del Castillo and Penn, the drug lord stumbles over Penn's first name, pronouncing it "SAY-ahn."
The federal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he or she was not authorized to be quoted by name, said the dozens of texts were authentic. Many expressed admiration and a longing for the next meeting, more than concern about the purported movie project.
"I'll tell you, I am more excited about you than the (movie) script," Guzman wrote to Del Castillo. He identified her identified in his chat or text account as "ermoza," a misspelling of the Spanish word for "beautiful." ''I'll take care of you," he adds.
How relatable is this guy? El Chapo is you. He is me. He is every guy who's ever seen his life progress stagnate because he can't shake a chick. It doesn't matter if your the most powerful criminal on the planet or the average Joe secretly wearing the same two pairs of chinos to work every other day, hot girls get you off your game. Kate comes into his life and suddenly Chapo doesn't see a drug kingpin with zillions of dollars when he looks in the mirror anymore.
Now he just sees Joaquin, the flabby middle-aged guy who's sex drive isn't quite what it used to be.
This is pretty good news for Sean Penn cause now he's off the hook. The greatest trick the media ever pulled was convincing us that the allure of a pristine actor like Sean Penn drew El Chapo out of the bushes and into the hands of law enforcement. He got caught because he was chasing Del Castillo and he didn't care. Said he knew that cops were on their tail and just kept after it. Rules apply for every guy. If there's a .01% chance of getting laid you're obliged to risk anything and everything to make it happen, global warrants notwithstanding. He didn't even know who Sean Penn was. Chapo probably thought he was the fucking camera man and dismissed him like Shooter McGavin.
Sean: "Hey Chapo, it's great to meet you. I've got some wonderful ideas for where we should...
Chapo: "Hey, you know what would be great? If I could get a Pepsi....
Sean: "Umm..ok..."
Chapo: "And SAY-ann?....diet."
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