The New York Times is reporting today that fugitive drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán—a.k.a. El Chapo, the head of Mexico’s notorious and extremely lethal Sinaloa drug cartel—was recaptured by authorities at least in part because he was trying to get a biopic made about himself. Guzmán escaped from police custody—for the second time—roughly six months ago, at which point he apparently ordered his associates to begin reaching out to movie producers and actors about getting ......
