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El Chapo entered US twice while on the run after prison break, daughter claims
Source: The Guardian
El Chapo entered US twice while on the run after prison break, daughter claims
In an exclusive interview, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz says Mexican officials
helped him evade US patrols and that he bankrolled the election of senior
politicians
José Luis Montenegro in Mexico City and Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Friday 4 March 2016 12.00 GMT
The drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán bankrolled the election of senior Mexico politicians and twice secretly entered the United States to visit relatives, according to his eldest daughter.
Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz said that shortly after an interview with Hollywood star Sean Penn last year, her father dodged a massive manhunt with the complicity of corrupt Mexican officials and evaded US border controls to sneak into California – despite being one of the world’s most wanted fugitives.
She also accused senior Mexican politicians of accepting donations from El Chapo when they ran for office, and said that in return officials turned a blind eye to his escapes from prison.
“My dad is not a criminal. The government is guilty,” she told the Guardian.
The explosive allegations made by Guzmán Ortiz could not be independently verified and are likely to be vigorously contested by Mexican and US authorities.
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In an exclusive interview, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz says Mexican officials
helped him evade US patrols and that he bankrolled the election of senior
politicians
José Luis Montenegro in Mexico City and Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Friday 4 March 2016 12.00 GMT
The drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán bankrolled the election of senior Mexico politicians and twice secretly entered the United States to visit relatives, according to his eldest daughter.
Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz said that shortly after an interview with Hollywood star Sean Penn last year, her father dodged a massive manhunt with the complicity of corrupt Mexican officials and evaded US border controls to sneak into California – despite being one of the world’s most wanted fugitives.
She also accused senior Mexican politicians of accepting donations from El Chapo when they ran for office, and said that in return officials turned a blind eye to his escapes from prison.
“My dad is not a criminal. The government is guilty,” she told the Guardian.
The explosive allegations made by Guzmán Ortiz could not be independently verified and are likely to be vigorously contested by Mexican and US authorities.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/04/el-chapo-entered-us-california-manhunt-prison-break-daughter-says
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"What the hell? You guys said I'd just have to play the part of a drug kingpin for you. Prison wasn't part of the deal!"
