--- description: Mexican authorities want to speak with U.S. actor Sean Penn and Latin television star Kate del Castillo about the interview with "El Chapo" title: Mexican Authorities Want to Speak to Sean Penn About 'El Chapo' Meeting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf69cf6471652bffb/698878592dce01119e9e7425/el-chapo-sean-penn-rolling-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mexican Authorities Want to Speak to Sean Penn About 'El Chapo' Meeting by [Gabe Gutierrez & Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Gabe Gutierrez & Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 10, 2016 8:31 PM CUT  Sean Penn shakes hands with Mexican drug lord and then-fugitive Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera on Oct. 2, 2015 Sean Penn shakes hands with Mexican drug lord and then-fugitive Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera on Oct. 2, 2015Rolling Stone/Reuters by [Gabe Gutierrez & Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Gabe Gutierrez & Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 10, 2016 8:31 PM CUT (ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, Mexico) — Mexican authorities want to speak with U.S. actor Sean Penn and Latin television star Kate del Castillo, a Mexican law enforcement official told NBC News Sunday. The revelation came a day after Rolling Stone published a secret interview that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman apparently gave to Penn while on the run. The official also said that investigators were able to learn details about Guzman’s whereabouts by intercepting phone conversations between Penn, Del Castillo and the drug lord. The apparent [interview between the actors and Guzman](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-gave-interview-sean-penn-months-arrest-n493521 "undefined") took place in October, and Guzman was recaptured Friday during an operation in the northwestern Mexican town of Los Mochis. [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mexican-authorities-want-speak-sean-penn-about-el-chapo-meeting-n493616?cid=par-time%5F20160110 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174385/sean-penn-el-chapo-mexico-meeting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174385/sean-penn-el-chapo-mexico-meeting/"},"headline":"Mexican Authorities Want to Speak to Sean Penn About 'El Chapo' Meeting","datePublished":"2016-01-10T20:31:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:56:15.038Z","description":"Mexico's government plans to extradite \"El Chapo\" to the United States","url":"https://time.com/4174385/sean-penn-el-chapo-mexico-meeting/","keywords":["Mexico"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf69cf6471652bffb/698878592dce01119e9e7425/el-chapo-sean-penn-rolling-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gabe Gutierrez & Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf69cf6471652bffb/698878592dce01119e9e7425/el-chapo-sean-penn-rolling-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Sean Penn (L) shakes hands with Mexican drug lord Joaquin \"Chapo\" Guzman in Mexico, in this undated Rolling Stone handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 10, 2016. The photo was taken for authentication purposes. REUTERS/Rolling Stone/Handout","caption":"Actor Sean Penn (L) shakes hands with Mexican drug lord Joaquin \"Chapo\" Guzman in Mexico, in this undated Rolling Stone handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 10, 2016. The photo was taken for authentication purposes. REUTERS/Rolling Stone/Handout","creditText":"Rolling Stone/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174385/sean-penn-el-chapo-mexico-meeting/","name":"Mexican Authorities Want to Speak to Sean Penn About 'El Chapo' Meeting"}}]}] ```