Jaoquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the famed drug lord who was on the run for the past six months, has now been recaptured.

Thanks, according to AP and ABC, in no small part to a secret interview conducted by Sean Penn for Rolling Stone. Yes, really. The actor conducted a lengthy interview with Sean Penn inside the drug lord's citadel in the mountains of Sinaloa.

Penn was set up with El Chapo through a Mexican TV actress, Kate Del Castillo, who has been a vocal supporter for El Chapo. In 2012, Del Castillo posted a bizarre message online, claiming that she believed in El Chapo more than the government which "hides painful truths from me, who hide the cure for cancer, AIDS, etc.. for their own benefit and wealth."

Right.

As for El Chapo, the drug lord has been angling towards a movie biopic of his own life and, after his first escape in 2014, had been on the lookout for producers to take on his story.

The two met, however now it's cost both El Chapo, Sean Penn and Kate Del Castillo. El Chapo has been recaptured by the Mexican authorities, who admitted that Sean Penn's interview helped to track the drug lord.

Not only that, Sean Penn and Kate Del Castillo are now under investigation for their part in El Chapo's interview. 

It's early days yet, but nobody knows exactly what the nature of the investigation is or what'll happen to Sean Penn because of his involvement. He's had numerous run-ins with the law in the past and courted controversy for his support of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.

 

Via ABC / Twitter