No regret for nabbed Mexican drug lord
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Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin 鈥淐hapo鈥 Guzman feels neither remorse nor responsibility for smuggling billions of dollars worth of drugs into the United States, and does not consider himself a violent man despite countless murders blamed on him.
He also considers himself a loving family man who has a 鈥減erfect鈥 relationship with his mother and who never starts trouble, but is ready to defend himself when needed.
Guzman was recaptured on Friday in northwest Mexico six months after a brazen prison-break.
But weeks ago, he gave an unprecedented glimpse into his psyche in a secret interview with Hollywood A-lister Sean Penn for Rolling Stone magazine that was published on Saturday.
How would he define himself?
鈥淲ith respect, and from my point of view, it鈥檚 a person who鈥檚 not looking for problems in any way,鈥 he told Penn in a video recording, after meeting the actor at an undisclosed location weeks earlier in Mexico to pact an interview.
A volatile security situation prevented the pair from meeting again for the interview in person. Mexican government sources said on Saturday that authorities knew of the planned meeting so were able to track Penn鈥檚 movements and locate Guzman, helping them in his eventual capture.
鈥淟ook, all I do is defend myself, nothing more. But do I start trouble? Never,鈥 Guzman said in the interview, adding that he thanked God for helping him to break out of prison last year.
Guzman, who once met Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, confided he had not himself taken drugs for 20 years, and at the time, before his capture, considered himself a happy person 鈥渂ecause of my freedom鈥.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 feel anything that hurts my health or my mind. I feel good,鈥 he said.
After his capture on Friday, Guzman glared when soldiers twisted his head towards TV cameras during a perp-walk in Mexico City.
Asked by Penn if he felt responsible for the high levels of drug addiction in the world, Guzman responded: 鈥淣o, that is false, because the day I don鈥檛 exist, it鈥檚 not going to decrease in any way at all.鈥
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