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Lawyer Jose Gonzalez talks to the press after requesting an injunction to stop the extradition of arrested drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at the Supreme Court in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Gonzalez said he submitted the injunction at the request of Guzman's family and neighbors, but didn't say who exactly, after Mexico began the process of extraditing Guzman to the U.S., where he faces drug-trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
NEW YORK | Sean Penn says his article on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “failed” in its mission.
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 U.S. government’s policy in the War on Drugs.
Lawyer Jose Gonzalez talks to the press after requesting an injunction to stop the extradition of arrested drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at the Supreme Court in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Gonzalez said he submitted the injunction at the request of Guzman’s family and neighbors, but didn’t say who exactly, after Mexico began the process of extraditing Guzman to the U.S., where he faces drug-trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Lawyer Jose Gonzalez talks to the press after requesting an injunction to stop the extradition of arrested drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at the Supreme Court in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Gonzalez said he submitted the injunction at the request of Guzman’s family and neighbors, but didn’t say who exactly, after Mexico began the process of extraditing Guzman to the U.S., where he faces drug-trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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.
“Let me be clear. My article has failed,” Penn said.
