MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9 (UPI) — After evading capture for months, infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was lured out of hiding by a promise of fame and glory on the silver screen, the Mexican attorney general said.
Attorney General Arely Gomez told reporters Guzman sought contact with various members of the film industry with hopes of selling the rights to a biographical film about his life.
“He established communication with actors and producers, which has formed a new line of investigation,” she said during a press conference.
Gomez said meetings with lawyers and other associates also assisted authorities in tracking Guzman. Security forces even came close to capturing the drug lord in October, but the operation was called off because Guzman was accompanied by two women and a child.
“The re-apprehension of this criminal and his accomplice is the result of a deep work of intelligence, investigation and coordination between the different institutions of security and of the government,” Gomez said.
Guzman’s capture at a motel in Los Mochis, Mexico on Friday marked the end of a six month huntafter he escaped from the maximum-security Altiplano Federal Prison in July.
It is unclear if requests for extradition to the United States will be granted. Guzman was taken back to the same Mexican maximum-security prison.
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