Actress Kate del Castillo broke her silence about the encounter she had with drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera that included actor Sean Penn and two other Hollywood producers.
In an exclusive with The New Yorker at her Los Angeles home, del Castillo claimed she did not know about Penn’s intention to interview El Chapo for Rolling Stone.
The producers that also went to meet the drug kingpin, Fernando Sulichin and Jose Ibáñez, also could not pinpoint when exactly Penn told del Castillo about the interview. One producer thought it was discussed on the flight to Guadalajara, while the other said it was discussed at their hotel in Guadalajara.
Del Castillo also said that Penn’s reference in the article for Rolling Stone about passing by a military checkpoint before meeting El Chapo was incorrect. The actress also claimed that she used her own money to book the flight that led her, Penn, and the producers to meet El Chapo.
