Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty (2014) - full transcript
A documentary that chronicles the hunt for the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo.
THE STORY
GOES THAT 20 MEN
WERE SENT
TO BUILD A TOWN.
HERE IS WHERE
A LEGEND WAS MADE.
CHAPO GUZMAN, IN MY OPINION,
IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL
IN THE WORLD,
SECOND TO NONE.
JOAQUIN GUZMAN LOERA,
ALIAS CHAPO GUZMAN,
IS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
AND PERSISTENT PURSUIT EVER.
JOAQUIN GUZMAN,
KNOWN AS "EL CHAPO" OR "SHORTY,"
HAD BEEN ON THE RUN FROM THE
MEXICAN AND U.S. GOVERNMENTS
FOR OVER 13 YEARS.
YET, DURING THIS TIME,
HE HAD BUILT UP
THE BIGGEST
DRUGS EMPIRE IN HISTORY.
ALONG WITH BRITISH FILMMAKER
ANGUS MACQUEEN,
I HAVE BEEN FILMING
THE DRUGS TRADE FOR YEARS,
AND WE HAVE COME
TO DISTRUST EVERYTHING
WE'RE TOLD ABOUT
THE WAR ON DRUGS.
WE BELIEVE THE AUTHORITIES KNEW
EXACTLY WHERE EL CHAPO WAS
AND COULD GET HIM
ANYTIME THEY WANTED.
SO IN AUTUMN 2012,
WE SET OUT TO PROVE THIS
BY SEEING IF TWO FILMMAKERS
COULD FIND
THE WORLD'S
MOST WANTED DRUG TRAFFICKER.
WE BEGAN IN CHICAGO,
THE HEADQUARTERS
OF EL CHAPO'S
SINALOA CARTEL IN THE U.S.
THE AUTHORITIES HAVE NAMED HIM
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE...
THE SAME TITLE THEY GAVE TO
AL CAPONE OVER 80 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS A MAN THAT MOST
AMERICANS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF.
BUT WE'RE USING THIS TITLE,
WHICH WE FIRST GAVE
TO AL CAPONE IN 1930.
AND THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME
WE'VE EVER FELT NECESSARY
TO USE IT
BECAUSE OF THE VICIOUSNESS,
AND BECAUSE OF THE EVIL,
AND BECAUSE OF THE POWER
OF THIS MAN.
IN CHICAGO ALONE,
OVER 90% OF THE MARIJUANA,
COCAINE, HEROIN,
METHAMPHETAMINE,
AND OTHER SYNTHETIC DRUGS
THAT ARE BEING SOLD
ON THE STREETS
WHILE WE'RE STANDING HERE
HAVE COME FROM
THE SINALOA CARTEL.
EL CHAPO RAN THE
CARTEL LIKE A TERRORIST GROUP.
HE HAD A WHOLE RANGE
OF DISTRIBUTORS IN CHICAGO
OPERATING AS INDEPENDENT CELLS.
SO USING OLD CONTACTS,
WE FOUND A FAMILY
THAT HAS BEEN BRINGING DRUGS
FROM MEXICO FOR DECADES.
AND JUST LIKE
IN THE MOVIES,
OUR MAN TURNED UP
IN A PRIVATE JET.
WHEN YOU HAVE A
CHANCE, TURN, UH, RIGHT.
COMING UP.
IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY.
YOU KNOW,
WE'RE STILL COWBOYS.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
SO, BASICALLY, WE ALL WORK
FOR THE SAME GUY.
MOST OF US DO.
HOW HAS HE MANAGED
TO BUILD UP SO MUCH POWER?
ASK HIM THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S JUST SMART.
SMART LITTLE FUCKER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT,
BUT HE DOES IT WELL.
I'M JUST, UM,
LOGISTICS, MAN, LOGISTICS.
I THINK IT THROUGH
AND FIND A WAY.
PICK UP KEYS, GO DROP IT OFF,
GO THROUGH...
YOU KNOW,
TAKE CARE OF IT.
EASY ACCESS FOR LOADS TO COME IN
AND JUST BE DISMANTLED,
TRUCKS... TRUCKLOADS,
YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY.
AND IT COMES...
THE PRICE COMES FROM DOWN THERE.
WE DON'T SET
THE PRICE HERE.
IT COMES FROM DOWN THERE,
DEPENDING ON WHAT...
HOW MUCH THEY WANT,
IN WHAT BULK.
COULD BE IN THE HUNDREDS,
IT COULD BE IN THE TONS,
YOU KNOW, DEPENDING.
THE PRICE CHANGES.
BUT IT'S SET
FROM DOWN THERE.
THAT'S IT,
IT'S JUST LIKE WORKING
FOR A COMPANY
OR ORGANIZATION, A CORPORATION.
IT'S THE SAME THING,
YOU KNOW?
YOU'RE SUBCONTRACTED TO PERFORM A
JOB, AND THAT'S IT.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
IT'S JUST LIKE THAT.
IT TAKES A LOOK IN THE EYE
AND A HANDSHAKE.
YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO YOU WORK FOR.
MAYBE HE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.
IT'S JUST A MYTH.
CAN'T FIND THEM, RIGHT?
THE BEST POLICE IN THE WORLD
CAN'T FIND HIM.
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
GO THROUGH THIS.
DON'T WORRY,
TAKE YOUR TIME.
I THINK THAT SORTED IT.
WE SHOOT
A LOT OF, UH...
YOU'VE HIT
MOST OF THE MARKS.
I COULD HIT
THIS ONE, JUST...
LET ME GET OUT
OF THAT.
GETTING INTO THE SINALOA
CARTEL, I NEVER KNEW
WHAT I WAS GONNA
GET INTO.
THE EXPANSE AND THE TENTACLES,
IT'S A MASSIVE OCTOPUS
JUST FLOATING AROUND THE WORLD
TO THE LARGE HUB AREA
OF CHICAGO,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
UP INTO CANADA, NEAR MONTREAL,
AND THEN TRANSITING, YOU KNOW,
VIA CARGO CONTAINER
TO HONG KONG
AND TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET.
THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET,
YOU KNOW,
UP TO $200,000
A KILOGRAM OF COCAINE.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW...
IF YOU HAD A KILO
THAT IT MIGHT
COST 18,000 IN L.A.,
BUT IT MAKES IT TO AUSTRALIA,
LOOK AT THE PROFIT MARGIN.
IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
THE POWER STRUCTURES
ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING,
BUT WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE
IS CHAPO GUZMAN
AT THE HELM
OF THIS CORPORATE EMPIRE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SITTING
IN LEBANON
MAY NOT NECESSARILY KNOW
THE PERSON THAT'S IN BELIZE
THAT'S TALKING TO THE PERSON
IN SINALOA,
BUT THEY'RE ALL COMPLICIT
IN THE SAME CONSPIRACY.
AND THIS IS A MAJOR ARREST
DOWN IN MEXICO CITY,
WHERE THERE WAS
$200-PLUS MILLION SEIZED.
BUT THAT WAS
THE WAKE-UP CALL.
$200 MILLION.
YES, A MASSIVE STACK
INSIDE ONE CONDOMINIUM
IN MEXICO CITY,
JUST IN THE WALLS,
AND THE CLOSETS, AND...
JUST UNBELIEVABLE STAGGERING
AMOUNT OF U.S. CURRENCY...
ALL FROM THE SALE
OF CHEMICALS
FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
IT'S A CORPORATE OPERATION.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN
A HOME DEPOT OR A WALMART,
WITH A CEO, AND DIRECTORS,
AND FINANCIAL STAFF.
BUT THESE ARE
CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURES
MAKING MILLIONS ON BEHALF
OF CHAPO GUZMAN.
AND YOU DON'T END UP
IN "FORBES" MAGAZINE
BY NOT BEING, YOU KNOW,
A SMART ENTREPRENEUR.
♪ LOOK AT THE DON
AND WATCH HIM ROW, ROW, ROW ♪
♪ STRAIGHT DOWN THE FREEWAY,
DOWN TO OLD MEXICO ♪
♪ COCAINE SHIPMENTS
RUNNING TO AND FRO ♪
♪ THE POLICE ARE WEARY
'CAUSE THEY'RE LOSING CONTROL ♪
♪ YEAH RED, WHITE, AND GREEN ♪
♪ SELLS IN RED,
WHITE, AND BLUE ♪
WE DECIDED
TO FOLLOW THE MONEY
BACK TO MEXICO
AND EL CHAPO.
SO WE SET OFF
FOR THE BORDER
TO FIND THE ONLY MAN
WE KNEW HAD ACTUALLY MET HIM.
♪ THE DEA ARE LOOKING
FOR A MAN ♪
♪ MADE OF FLESH
AND BONE, YEAH ♪
♪ AIN'T BEEN SO HOT ♪
♪ IN THIS OLD TOWN SINCE ♪
♪ AL CAPONE ♪
♪ THESE ARE CHAPO'S TOWNS ♪
♪ THESE ARE CHAPO'S TOWNS ♪
♪ THESE ARE CHAPO'S TOWNS ♪
♪ WHERE IS HE NOW? ♪
TWO MORE.
WE FIRST MET
EL FLACO FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE'S STILL BREAKING
THE CARDINAL RULE OF SMUGGLING...
DON'T USE YOUR OWN PRODUCT.
FOR 20 YEARS, HE'S BEEN SHIPPING
KILOS OF DRUGS INTO THE U.S.
UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF THE MAN THEY CALL "EL SEÑOR."
EL FLACO PARADES
OUT OF THESE VIOLENT BACKSTREETS
LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE BORDER
WITH CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE WITNESSED SOME OF
THE THOUSANDS OF KILLINGS HERE,
VICTIMS OF THE BATTLE
TO CONTROL
THE MOST LUCRATIVE
SMUGGLING ROUTES IN THE WORLD.
A U.S. AGENT ONCE TOLD US
THAT HE'S WAITING FOR TIJUANA
TO CAVE IN
FROM ALL THE TUNNELS
EL CHAPO HAS RUNNING UNDERNEATH.
EL FLACO HAS COME
TO TRUST US.
HE AGREED TO LET HIS FRIENDS
IN THE CARTEL KNOW
THAT WE WERE
LOOKING FOR EL CHAPO.
WE ENDED UP LOCKED
IN A GARAGE
WITH A CAR
AND LOTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
♪ THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS
TO CARRY ♪
♪ WHAT YOU WANT
ACROSS THE BORDER ♪
♪ SUBMARINES GO UNDERWATER ♪
♪ PLANES WILL CARRY YOU
THROUGH THE AIR ♪
♪ THE BEST TECHNIQUE OF ALL ♪
♪ ARE NOT THE CATAPULTS
TO TEXAS ♪
♪ OR THE FREIGHT TRAINS
TO CHICAGO ♪
♪ BUT THE TUNNELS EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
ON THE ROAD ♪
♪ JALAPENO TENDS TO MOVE IT ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE AIR ♪
♪ SOME PERSIMMONS 30 TONS ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE SEA ♪
♪ AND WE'VE GOT SUBMARINES
TO PROVE IT ♪
♪ BUT THE TUNNELS UNDERGROUND ♪
♪ THAT'S THE GENIUS
OF GUZMAN ♪
AS YOU CAN SEE,
THE TUNNEL HAS LIGHTING,
AND IT DOES HAVE
GOOD AIRFLOW,
INDICATING THAT THERE'S SOME
TYPE OF VENTILATION SYSTEM
FORCING AIR IN FROM MEXICO.
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
ON THE ROAD ♪
♪ JALAPENO TENDS TO MOVE IT ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE AIR ♪
♪ SOME PERSIMMONS 30 TONS ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE SEA ♪
♪ WE'VE GOT SUBMARINES
TO PROVE IT ♪
♪ BUT THE TUNNELS UNDERGROUND ♪
♪ THAT'S THE GENIUS
OF GUZMAN ♪
IN MEXICO, EL CHAPO'S
NAME PROVOKED FEAR AND ADMIRATION.
FEW WHO HAD MET HIM DARED TO
SPEAK EVEN ABOUT HIS PAST,
BUT THE FIRST MAN
TO HAVE HIM IN HANDCUFFS
WAS RELAXED ENOUGH
TO INVITE US HOME.
CARDINAL POSADAS WAS MURDERED
AT GUADALAJARA AIRPORT IN 1993.
IT IS RUMORED
HE HAD INFORMATION
ON THE GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVEMENT
WITH THE DRUG CARTELS.
EL CHAPO WAS
AT THE AIRPORT THAT DAY,
BUT ALWAYS DENIED HAVING
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER.
EL CHAPO WAS PARADED
FOR THE PRESS.
THIS WAS THE ONLY
KNOWN FOOTAGE OF HIM.
WHILE HE WAS INSIDE,
MANY OF HIS RIVALS WERE KILLED,
LEAVING THE ROAD CLEAR
FOR HIM
TO RISE TO THE TOP
FROM BEHIND BARS.
THREE JOURNALISTS
I HAVE WORKED WITH
ARE AMONG THE 60
THAT HAVE BEEN
KILLED HERE
IN THE PAST DECADE.
NOT SURPRISINGLY,
ANABEL HERNANDEZ
GOES NOWHERE
WITHOUT A BODYGUARD.
GRACIAS.
ANABEL HAS DIRECTLY
ACCUSED THE AUTHORITIES
OF BEING INVOLVED
IN EL CHAPO'S RISE TO POWER,
FROM PRISON OFFICIALS
TO EACH OF THE LAST
FOUR PRESIDENTS OF MEXICO.
ZULEMA RELEASED
THE TEXT OF LETTERS
EL CHAPO HAD SENT HER
IN PRISON.
GIVE ME THE LEGS.
HAVE YOU FOUND HER?
WHAT'S IT SAY?
IT SAYS, UH...
"NOBODY DIES...
"WHILE KEPT ALIVE
IN THE HEART OF SOMEBODY.
YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE
IN MY HEART."
CLEARLY, IT HAS
BEEN KEPT, YOU KNOW?
NICELY.
YOU NEED TO PAY
FOR THAT.
WHO'S PAYING?
SO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED
TO HER?
SHE WAS FOUND
IN THE BACK OF A CAR,
AND, UM, HER BODY
HAD BEEN TORTURED,
AND, UH...
TO PUNISH EL CHAPO.
YEAH.
EL CHAPO'S
RIVALS, THE ZETAS CARTEL,
BELIEVED THE STORY
OF THE ROMANCE
AND KIDNAPPED ZULEMA
SOON AFTER SHE WAS RELEASED.
HER BODY WAS DISCOVERED
MUTILATED IN THE TRUNK
OF A CAR.
SHE HAD BEEN RAPED AND WAS
LEFT WITH A "Z" FOR ZETAS
CARVED IN HER BELLY
AND BUTTOCKS.
♪ YEAH, THE 19TH
OF JANUARY, 2001 ♪
♪ THAT WAS THE YEAR
THAT EL CHAPO GUZMAN ♪
♪ GOT AWAY ♪
♪ NO ONE PAID ATTENTION
IN THE PENITENTIARY ♪
♪ NO ONE SAW THE COT
THAT CARRIED DIRTY LAUNDRY ♪
♪ OPEN THE GATES
TO THE HILLS OF SINALOA ♪
♪ YES, THE KING HAS RETURNED
FROM A TRIP WITH THE LORD ♪
♪ THE LAST TIME THEY SAW HIM
WAS BY A GAS STATION ♪
♪ OVER THE HILLS
NOT FAR FROM HIS NATION ♪
♪ HE'S FREE ♪
♪ THE KING OF G-GOLD
AND WHITE ROCKS THAT GLISTEN ♪
♪ HAS RETURNED FROM A STAY
IN A FIVE-STAR PRISON ♪
♪ A MILLION OR TWO,
THAT'S THE PRICE OF FREEDOM ♪
♪ GOES TO SHOW MY STATION
JUST AS LONG AS YOU FEED 'EM ♪
♪ OH, THE 19TH
OF JANUARY, 2001 ♪
♪ THAT WAS THE YEAR
THAT EL CHAPO GUZMAN ♪
♪ GOT AWAY ♪
♪ THE TEN YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,
HE'LL BE DOWN IN CULIACAN ♪
♪ A CITY OF LEGENDS
THAT IS STOOPED IN TRADITION ♪
♪ THE MOST DANGEROUS OF SEAS,
HE'S THE BIGGEST FISH IN SIGHT ♪
♪ AND ANYTHING HUSTLERS NEED,
CHAPO'S THERE TO PROVIDE IT ♪
CULIACAN IS HOME
TO EL CHAPO'S SINALOA CARTEL,
SUPPLYING DRUGS TO EVERY CORNER
OF THE WORLD.
HERE, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO WORKS FOR WHOM,
LET ALONE
WHO KILLED WHO AND WHY.
ONE LESSON WE HAVE LEARNED
OVER THE YEARS...
TRUST NO ONE.
LIKE MANY JOURNALISTS
AND DIGNITARIES,
WE WERE TAKEN
ON THE OFFICIAL TOUR
TO SHOW HOW SERIOUSLY
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES THE SEARCH
FOR EL CHAPO AND THE BATTLE
WITH HIS CARTEL.
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO NOW
IS EARNESTLY SEEKING
HIS CAPTURE AND INCARCERATION.
CHAPO GUZMAN
IS ON THE RUN.
HE IS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
WHAT HAS BECOME
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
AND PERSISTENT PURSUIT...
EVER.
HE IS THE...
HE IS THE SUBJECT
OF A MANHUNT THAT IS WITHOUT
PARALLEL IN MEXICO RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THREE FATES
AWAITS CHAPO GUZMAN.
EITHER HE WILL BE CAPTURED
AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE,
HE WILL DIE
IN HIS ATTEMPT TO EVADE THAT...
OR HE WILL SPEND
THE REST OF HIS DAYS
LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER,
ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
ONE OF THOSE TWO FATES.
WE WILL NOT STOP.
THIS IS
A RELENTLESS PURSUIT,
AND WITH A LITTLE LUCK,
HE WILL END UP
INCARCERATED AND IN PRISON
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
THE REALITY IS EL
CHAPO AND THE SINALOA CARTEL
RULE THIS TOWN WITH A
COMBINATION OF MONEY AND FEAR.
WE HAVE MET GOVERNORS
WHO LATER HAVE BEEN ACCUSED
OF HAVING LUNCH
WITH EL CHAPO,
POLITICIANS AND POLICEMEN
WHO TURNED OUT TO WORK FOR HIM.
HE WAS KNOWN TO GO OUT
FOR THE OCCASIONAL EVENING MEAL.
EL CHAPO LIVED IN CULIACAN
BEFORE HIS ARREST IN 1993.
OUR DRIVER NEEDED
SERIOUS PERSUASION
TO TAKE US
TO HIS OLD HOUSE.
THE STATE SEIZED THE PROPERTY,
BUT IT REMAINS DESERTED
BECAUSE NO ONE DARES TO BUY IT.
IT TOOK TIME TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO KNEW EL CHAPO WELL.
ADOLFO SALAZAR
IS ONE OF A RARE BREED,
A CARTEL BOSS
WHO HAS MADE RETIREMENT,
AND SO WAS WILLING
TO TALK OPENLY.
ADOLFO SAID HE HAD NO IDEA
WHERE EL CHAPO WAS NOW,
BUT HE WAS CONFIDENT HE COULD
DELIVER OUR REQUEST TO MEET HIM.
WHILE WE WAITED,
WE WANTED TO VISIT THE MAUSOLEUM
EL CHAPO HAD BUILT
FOR HIS SON EDGAR,
BUT NO ONE WOULD TAKE US THERE
WITHOUT PERMISSION.
EDGAR WAS REPORTED MURDERED
IN A SUPERMARKET CAR PARK
BY A RIVAL CARTEL
IN 2008.
WHEN PERMISSION CAME,
IT WAS THE FIRST SIGN
THAT EL CHAPO MUST KNOW
THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM.
NOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
PERMISSION TO GO TO THIS TOWN,
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO HANG AROUND THE CEMETERY...
THE CEMETERY
OR ANYWHERE NEAR THERE.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE
PICKED UP BY THE TOWN PEOPLE.
AND THEY KNOW
WE'RE COMING, RIGHT?
THEY CERTAINLY DO.
THE GUARD MADE CLEAR
THAT WE WERE THE FIRST
OUTSIDERS TO VISIT.
AND THEN, WE HEARD
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY
OF EDGAR'S KILLING.
IT WAS, UM... A MISTAKE.
UM...
THE SAME PEOPLE
OF EL CHAPO
KILLED HIM BY MISTAKE
IN A MALL IN CULIACAN.
AND I THINK THIS MAUSOLEUM SHOWS
THAT A LITTLE BIT...
HE MUST FEEL
A BIT GUILTY FOR IT.
THAT HE KILLED
HIS ONLY SON.
HIS PEOPLE.
AS WE FINISHED FILMING,
WE WERE TOLD
EL CHAPO'S EX-WIFE,
GRISELDA, THE BOY'S MOTHER,
HAD NOT GIVEN
HER PERMISSION.
THEN, A CALL CAME
THAT SHE HAD SENT ARMED MEN
AS WELL AS THE POLICE
TO STOP US.
WE HEADED
STRAIGHT FOR THE AIRPORT.
COME ON, TELL ME,
WHAT WERE WE RUNNING AWAY FROM?
I THINK WE ARE NOT THE ONLY
PEOPLE THAT SPEAK ENGLISH HERE...
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU
THAT WE'RE STILL IN CULIACAN.
AND SHOULD WE STILL
BE FRIGHTENED?
AFTER WE LEAVE, YES.
CLEARLY, THE DEATH
OF EDGAR REMAINS
AN OPEN WOUND BETWEEN
EL CHAPO AND HIS EX-WIFE.
EL FLACO
WAS WITH EL CHAPO
AT THE TIME OF EDGAR'S KILLING
IN 2008.
PUBLICLY, ANOTHER CARTEL
WAS BLAMED
FOR THE MURDER OF EDGAR.
EL CHAPO TURNED CULIACAN
INTO A WAR ZONE.
RIVAL CARTELS BEGAN
LEAVING BODIES WITH MESSAGES,
CLAIMING THAT EL CHAPO AND THE
GOVERNMENT WERE WORKING TOGETHER.
IT TOOK ANOTHER TRIP
TO CULIACAN
AND SECRET MEETINGS
WITH SENIOR CARTEL BOSSES
BEFORE WE COULD TAKE THE
NEXT STEP TOWARDS EL CHAPO.
BUT WE WERE WARNED IT WAS TOO
DANGEROUS TO TRAVEL BY LAND
INTO THE MOUNTAINS
WITH A GRINGO.
THAT IS WHY
WE WERE INTRODUCED TO EL CHINO
AND HEARD THE SONG
OF HIS LIFE.
NONE OF THE
GUNS OR THREATS OF VIOLENCE
HAD SCARED US HALF AS MUCH
AS SITTING AT THE FOOT OF
THE RUNWAY WITH EL CHINO,
NO FLIGHT PLAN,
AND ONLY A VAGUE IDEA
OF WHERE WE WERE GOING.
THAT NIGHT, WE SLEPT IN THE
HEART OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
ANGUS WAS WATCHED LIKE A SPY
BY HEAVILY ARMED MEN
WHO HAD ONLY SEEN
GRINGOS ON TV.
OUR HOST WAS
THE LOCAL SINALOA WARLORD
WHO OWNS THE HILLS
AND VALLEYS AROUND.
LUNCH FOR EL CHAPO'S ARMY,
SOME OF THE MOST WANTED MEN
IN MEXICO,
WAS BEEF, BEER, AND COCAINE.
OUR IDENTITIES WERE CHECKED
ON THEIR HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET NETWORK.
BOTH OF US SENSED EL CHAPO
REALLY WAS CLOSE BY.
THEY TOLD US THE MILITARY
REGULARLY SENDS IN HELICOPTERS,
AND WE WORRIED ABOUT BEING
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
THEY REASSURED US THAT
THEY GOT THREE HOURS WARNING
BEFORE ANY RAIDS.
THESE MEN SMUGGLE COCAINE
AND METH ALL OVER THE WORLD,
BUT THE HEROIN AND MARIJUANA
GROWN HERE
STILL BRING THE CARTEL
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IT WAS STRANGE,
FLYING WITH THE TROOPS OVER LA SIERRA,
LOOKING FOR EL CHAPO
AND HIS MEN
WHEN WE NOW KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON BENEATH.
WE WONDERED
WHICH OF THESE MEN,
OR THEIR OFFICERS,
OR THE GENERALS ABOVE THEM,
WAS WORKING FOR THE CARTEL.
I ASSURE YOU
THAT CHAPO GUZMAN IS NOT OUT
FLITTING ABOUT IN RESTAURANTS
AND LIVING THE HIGH LIFE.
IN FACT, WITHOUT
GETTING INTO THE DETAILS,
WE CAN TELL YOU THAT HE'S MUCH
CLOSER TO THE SADDAM HUSSEIN MODEL,
LIVING IN A SPIDER HOLE
AND MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
BECAUSE OF THE FEAR
THAT HE'S GONNA BE CAPTURED.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT NEEDS
TO STAY UNTIL WE GET HIM.
HOW DO YOU
KNOW HE'S DOING THAT?
NOT GONNA SAY.
WE KNOW, BUT I CAN'T
TELL YOU HOW WE KNOW.
JUST AS WE WERE PREPARING
TO MAKE CONTACT AGAIN,
A PHONE WAS FOUND
DURING A MILITARY RAID.
ON IT WAS FILM OF EL CHAPO
INTERROGATING A MAN
TIED UP WITH HIS TROUSERS
AROUND HIS ANKLES.
HERE WAS THE BRUTAL REALITY
OF THE MAN WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
YET, EVERY DAY, WE WORRIED
THAT SOMEONE
MIGHT GET TO HIM FIRST.
HE IS ONE OF THE MOST
WANTED CRIMINALS IN THE WORLD,
MEXICAN DRUG LORD
JOAQUIN GUZMAN,
ALSO KNOWN AS EL CHAPO.
YEAH, THIS GUY'S BEEN
ON THE LOOSE SINCE ESCAPING
FROM A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
BACK IN 2001,
REPORTEDLY BY HIDING
IN A LAUNDRY CART.
NOW, THERE ARE REPORTS
SAYING THAT GUZMAN
MAY HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN A GUNFIGHT
IN A REMOTE SECTION
OF GUATEMALA.
CONCERNED,
I RANG OUR CONTACT.
HE LAUGHED AND INVITED US
TO LUNCH,
NOT IN CULIACAN,
BUT IN THE MOUNTAINS,
IN LA TUNA,
AT THE GUZMAN HOME.
NO ONE WE KNEW
HAD EVER BEEN HERE.
DRIVING WITHOUT THE CARTEL'S
PERMISSION IS SUICIDE.
BUT WITH IT,
EVEN THE POLICE JUST WAVE US THROUGH.
ONLY ONE PERSON
COULD HAVE ARRANGED FOR US
TO HAVE LUNCH
WITH MRS. GUZMAN.
TWO HOURS LATER,
WE WERE BEING DRIVEN UP THE MOUNTAIN
TO A PLACE
THEY CALL HEAVEN
ON HIS DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS.
- WHAT HAPPENED?
- NOTHING.
BASICALLY,
THEY SAID THAT, UM...
BASICALLY, THEY SAID THAT
HE'S NOT GOING
TO SPEAK WITH US
RIGHT NOW.
HE SAID YES,
BUT NOT NOW.
AND IT FEELS FUNNY
BECAUSE WE CAN CERTAINLY FEEL
THAT HE'S AROUND HERE.
AND THEY CALL HIM
ON A MOBILE PHONE,
AND, UM... YEAH,
SO HE MUST BE AROUND.
ISN'T HE JUST BEING...
POLITELY TELLING US TO GO AWAY?
NO, BECAUSE THE STYLE
OF THESE PEOPLE IS
IF THEY SAY NO,
IT'S "NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH."
THEY DON'T PLAY AROUND
LIKE THAT.
CERTAINLY, IT'S NOT
IN THEIR INTEREST
THAT WE COME UP
HERE A LOT.
WE CAN BRING
TROUBLE WITH US.
SO, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
SO HE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HIS
BIRTHPLACE AND CULIACAN, THAT'S WHAT...
YEAH, THEY SAID
THAT HE SPENDS
MOST OF HIS TIME,
AROUND HERE AND CULIACAN.
THAT'S WEIRD, ISN'T IT?
IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS PLACE
FOR HIM TO BE.
YEAH... POSSIBLY THE SAFEST.
OVER THE FOLLOWING MONTHS,
WE WERE TWICE MORE INVITED
UP TO LA TUNA.
EACH TIME, EL CHAPO
DECIDED NOT TO GO ON CAMERA.
FOR ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENT,
WE HAD FOUND HIM EXACTLY
WHERE WE HAD EXPECTED HIM TO BE.
- ARE WE READY?
- YES.
SO WHY HADN'T
THE AUTHORITIES,
WHO WERE OFFERING $5 MILLION
FOR HIS CAPTURE?
EL CHAPO WAS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
IT WAS SURREAL,
STANDING THERE,
WATCHING HIS SECURITY PEOPLE
OPENLY PHONING AND TEXTING,
EVEN SENDING PHOTOS.
THE U.S.
AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
SIMPLY HAD TO KNOW
WHERE HE WAS.
BUT PRESUMABLY,
EL CHAPO WAS STILL MORE USEFUL FREE
AS THE WORLD'S
MOST WANTED DRUG TRAFFICKER.
♪ THEY CALL HIM THE SAVIOR ♪
♪ SAVIOR OF THE LAND ♪
♪ ALWAYS WITH BEHAVIOR ♪
♪ HE NEVER ROSE HIS HAND ♪
♪ AND THEY TOLD HIM
TO LAY LOW ♪
♪ LAY LOW AWAY ♪
♪ YEAH THEY TOLD HIM
TO LAY LOW ♪
♪ LAY LOW AWAY ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ CARTEL DE SINALOA ♪
♪ CARTEL DE TIJUANA ♪
♪ CARTEL DEL JUAREZ ♪
♪ FAMILIA MICHOACANA ♪
♪ CARTEL DEL GOLFO ♪
♪ ZETAS SEA ♪
♪ ESTADOS UNIDOS ♪
♪ PARA LUCHAR ♪
♪ AND HE REACHED OUT
FOR HIS GUN ♪
♪ AND THEN,
IT ALL WENT WRONG ♪
♪ SO THEY FIRED IN RETURN ♪
♪ AND THE LIGHTS,
THEY ALL WENT ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
SO THEY PICKED UP
EL CHAPO
BEFORE WE COULD
CONVINCE HIM TO SPEAK.
WHY NOW, WE WOULD NEVER KNOW
FOR CERTAIN,
BUT SUCCESSORS ARE ALREADY LINED
UP TO TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS.
THE KING IS DEAD.
LONG LIVE THE KING.
♪ ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ♪
♪ NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE ♪
♪ ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ♪
♪ YOUR GOAL'S OUT OF RANGE ♪
♪ NIXON TOLD US
THE REASONS IN '71 ♪
♪ WE WERE LISTENING ♪
♪ YET THE WAR RAGES ON
IN THE SOUTHERN LAND ♪
♪ NOBODY CAME ♪
♪ ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ♪
♪ PEOPLE THROW
THEIR MINDS AWAY ♪
♪ DOWN IN
THE MEXICAN MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ PEOPLE ♪
♪ WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY ♪
GOES THAT 20 MEN
WERE SENT
TO BUILD A TOWN.
HERE IS WHERE
A LEGEND WAS MADE.
CHAPO GUZMAN, IN MY OPINION,
IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL
IN THE WORLD,
SECOND TO NONE.
JOAQUIN GUZMAN LOERA,
ALIAS CHAPO GUZMAN,
IS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
AND PERSISTENT PURSUIT EVER.
JOAQUIN GUZMAN,
KNOWN AS "EL CHAPO" OR "SHORTY,"
HAD BEEN ON THE RUN FROM THE
MEXICAN AND U.S. GOVERNMENTS
FOR OVER 13 YEARS.
YET, DURING THIS TIME,
HE HAD BUILT UP
THE BIGGEST
DRUGS EMPIRE IN HISTORY.
ALONG WITH BRITISH FILMMAKER
ANGUS MACQUEEN,
I HAVE BEEN FILMING
THE DRUGS TRADE FOR YEARS,
AND WE HAVE COME
TO DISTRUST EVERYTHING
WE'RE TOLD ABOUT
THE WAR ON DRUGS.
WE BELIEVE THE AUTHORITIES KNEW
EXACTLY WHERE EL CHAPO WAS
AND COULD GET HIM
ANYTIME THEY WANTED.
SO IN AUTUMN 2012,
WE SET OUT TO PROVE THIS
BY SEEING IF TWO FILMMAKERS
COULD FIND
THE WORLD'S
MOST WANTED DRUG TRAFFICKER.
WE BEGAN IN CHICAGO,
THE HEADQUARTERS
OF EL CHAPO'S
SINALOA CARTEL IN THE U.S.
THE AUTHORITIES HAVE NAMED HIM
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE...
THE SAME TITLE THEY GAVE TO
AL CAPONE OVER 80 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS A MAN THAT MOST
AMERICANS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF.
BUT WE'RE USING THIS TITLE,
WHICH WE FIRST GAVE
TO AL CAPONE IN 1930.
AND THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME
WE'VE EVER FELT NECESSARY
TO USE IT
BECAUSE OF THE VICIOUSNESS,
AND BECAUSE OF THE EVIL,
AND BECAUSE OF THE POWER
OF THIS MAN.
IN CHICAGO ALONE,
OVER 90% OF THE MARIJUANA,
COCAINE, HEROIN,
METHAMPHETAMINE,
AND OTHER SYNTHETIC DRUGS
THAT ARE BEING SOLD
ON THE STREETS
WHILE WE'RE STANDING HERE
HAVE COME FROM
THE SINALOA CARTEL.
EL CHAPO RAN THE
CARTEL LIKE A TERRORIST GROUP.
HE HAD A WHOLE RANGE
OF DISTRIBUTORS IN CHICAGO
OPERATING AS INDEPENDENT CELLS.
SO USING OLD CONTACTS,
WE FOUND A FAMILY
THAT HAS BEEN BRINGING DRUGS
FROM MEXICO FOR DECADES.
AND JUST LIKE
IN THE MOVIES,
OUR MAN TURNED UP
IN A PRIVATE JET.
WHEN YOU HAVE A
CHANCE, TURN, UH, RIGHT.
COMING UP.
IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY.
YOU KNOW,
WE'RE STILL COWBOYS.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
SO, BASICALLY, WE ALL WORK
FOR THE SAME GUY.
MOST OF US DO.
HOW HAS HE MANAGED
TO BUILD UP SO MUCH POWER?
ASK HIM THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S JUST SMART.
SMART LITTLE FUCKER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT,
BUT HE DOES IT WELL.
I'M JUST, UM,
LOGISTICS, MAN, LOGISTICS.
I THINK IT THROUGH
AND FIND A WAY.
PICK UP KEYS, GO DROP IT OFF,
GO THROUGH...
YOU KNOW,
TAKE CARE OF IT.
EASY ACCESS FOR LOADS TO COME IN
AND JUST BE DISMANTLED,
TRUCKS... TRUCKLOADS,
YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY.
AND IT COMES...
THE PRICE COMES FROM DOWN THERE.
WE DON'T SET
THE PRICE HERE.
IT COMES FROM DOWN THERE,
DEPENDING ON WHAT...
HOW MUCH THEY WANT,
IN WHAT BULK.
COULD BE IN THE HUNDREDS,
IT COULD BE IN THE TONS,
YOU KNOW, DEPENDING.
THE PRICE CHANGES.
BUT IT'S SET
FROM DOWN THERE.
THAT'S IT,
IT'S JUST LIKE WORKING
FOR A COMPANY
OR ORGANIZATION, A CORPORATION.
IT'S THE SAME THING,
YOU KNOW?
YOU'RE SUBCONTRACTED TO PERFORM A
JOB, AND THAT'S IT.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
IT'S JUST LIKE THAT.
IT TAKES A LOOK IN THE EYE
AND A HANDSHAKE.
YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO YOU WORK FOR.
MAYBE HE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.
IT'S JUST A MYTH.
CAN'T FIND THEM, RIGHT?
THE BEST POLICE IN THE WORLD
CAN'T FIND HIM.
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
GO THROUGH THIS.
DON'T WORRY,
TAKE YOUR TIME.
I THINK THAT SORTED IT.
WE SHOOT
A LOT OF, UH...
YOU'VE HIT
MOST OF THE MARKS.
I COULD HIT
THIS ONE, JUST...
LET ME GET OUT
OF THAT.
GETTING INTO THE SINALOA
CARTEL, I NEVER KNEW
WHAT I WAS GONNA
GET INTO.
THE EXPANSE AND THE TENTACLES,
IT'S A MASSIVE OCTOPUS
JUST FLOATING AROUND THE WORLD
TO THE LARGE HUB AREA
OF CHICAGO,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
UP INTO CANADA, NEAR MONTREAL,
AND THEN TRANSITING, YOU KNOW,
VIA CARGO CONTAINER
TO HONG KONG
AND TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET.
THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET,
YOU KNOW,
UP TO $200,000
A KILOGRAM OF COCAINE.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW...
IF YOU HAD A KILO
THAT IT MIGHT
COST 18,000 IN L.A.,
BUT IT MAKES IT TO AUSTRALIA,
LOOK AT THE PROFIT MARGIN.
IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
THE POWER STRUCTURES
ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING,
BUT WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE
IS CHAPO GUZMAN
AT THE HELM
OF THIS CORPORATE EMPIRE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SITTING
IN LEBANON
MAY NOT NECESSARILY KNOW
THE PERSON THAT'S IN BELIZE
THAT'S TALKING TO THE PERSON
IN SINALOA,
BUT THEY'RE ALL COMPLICIT
IN THE SAME CONSPIRACY.
AND THIS IS A MAJOR ARREST
DOWN IN MEXICO CITY,
WHERE THERE WAS
$200-PLUS MILLION SEIZED.
BUT THAT WAS
THE WAKE-UP CALL.
$200 MILLION.
YES, A MASSIVE STACK
INSIDE ONE CONDOMINIUM
IN MEXICO CITY,
JUST IN THE WALLS,
AND THE CLOSETS, AND...
JUST UNBELIEVABLE STAGGERING
AMOUNT OF U.S. CURRENCY...
ALL FROM THE SALE
OF CHEMICALS
FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
IT'S A CORPORATE OPERATION.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN
A HOME DEPOT OR A WALMART,
WITH A CEO, AND DIRECTORS,
AND FINANCIAL STAFF.
BUT THESE ARE
CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURES
MAKING MILLIONS ON BEHALF
OF CHAPO GUZMAN.
AND YOU DON'T END UP
IN "FORBES" MAGAZINE
BY NOT BEING, YOU KNOW,
A SMART ENTREPRENEUR.
♪ LOOK AT THE DON
AND WATCH HIM ROW, ROW, ROW ♪
♪ STRAIGHT DOWN THE FREEWAY,
DOWN TO OLD MEXICO ♪
♪ COCAINE SHIPMENTS
RUNNING TO AND FRO ♪
♪ THE POLICE ARE WEARY
'CAUSE THEY'RE LOSING CONTROL ♪
♪ YEAH RED, WHITE, AND GREEN ♪
♪ SELLS IN RED,
WHITE, AND BLUE ♪
WE DECIDED
TO FOLLOW THE MONEY
BACK TO MEXICO
AND EL CHAPO.
SO WE SET OFF
FOR THE BORDER
TO FIND THE ONLY MAN
WE KNEW HAD ACTUALLY MET HIM.
♪ THE DEA ARE LOOKING
FOR A MAN ♪
♪ MADE OF FLESH
AND BONE, YEAH ♪
♪ AIN'T BEEN SO HOT ♪
♪ IN THIS OLD TOWN SINCE ♪
♪ AL CAPONE ♪
♪ THESE ARE CHAPO'S TOWNS ♪
♪ THESE ARE CHAPO'S TOWNS ♪
♪ THESE ARE CHAPO'S TOWNS ♪
♪ WHERE IS HE NOW? ♪
TWO MORE.
WE FIRST MET
EL FLACO FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE'S STILL BREAKING
THE CARDINAL RULE OF SMUGGLING...
DON'T USE YOUR OWN PRODUCT.
FOR 20 YEARS, HE'S BEEN SHIPPING
KILOS OF DRUGS INTO THE U.S.
UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF THE MAN THEY CALL "EL SEÑOR."
EL FLACO PARADES
OUT OF THESE VIOLENT BACKSTREETS
LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE BORDER
WITH CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE WITNESSED SOME OF
THE THOUSANDS OF KILLINGS HERE,
VICTIMS OF THE BATTLE
TO CONTROL
THE MOST LUCRATIVE
SMUGGLING ROUTES IN THE WORLD.
A U.S. AGENT ONCE TOLD US
THAT HE'S WAITING FOR TIJUANA
TO CAVE IN
FROM ALL THE TUNNELS
EL CHAPO HAS RUNNING UNDERNEATH.
EL FLACO HAS COME
TO TRUST US.
HE AGREED TO LET HIS FRIENDS
IN THE CARTEL KNOW
THAT WE WERE
LOOKING FOR EL CHAPO.
WE ENDED UP LOCKED
IN A GARAGE
WITH A CAR
AND LOTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
♪ THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS
TO CARRY ♪
♪ WHAT YOU WANT
ACROSS THE BORDER ♪
♪ SUBMARINES GO UNDERWATER ♪
♪ PLANES WILL CARRY YOU
THROUGH THE AIR ♪
♪ THE BEST TECHNIQUE OF ALL ♪
♪ ARE NOT THE CATAPULTS
TO TEXAS ♪
♪ OR THE FREIGHT TRAINS
TO CHICAGO ♪
♪ BUT THE TUNNELS EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
ON THE ROAD ♪
♪ JALAPENO TENDS TO MOVE IT ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE AIR ♪
♪ SOME PERSIMMONS 30 TONS ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE SEA ♪
♪ AND WE'VE GOT SUBMARINES
TO PROVE IT ♪
♪ BUT THE TUNNELS UNDERGROUND ♪
♪ THAT'S THE GENIUS
OF GUZMAN ♪
AS YOU CAN SEE,
THE TUNNEL HAS LIGHTING,
AND IT DOES HAVE
GOOD AIRFLOW,
INDICATING THAT THERE'S SOME
TYPE OF VENTILATION SYSTEM
FORCING AIR IN FROM MEXICO.
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
ON THE ROAD ♪
♪ JALAPENO TENDS TO MOVE IT ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE AIR ♪
♪ SOME PERSIMMONS 30 TONS ♪
♪ YOU CAN SMUGGLE
THROUGH THE SEA ♪
♪ WE'VE GOT SUBMARINES
TO PROVE IT ♪
♪ BUT THE TUNNELS UNDERGROUND ♪
♪ THAT'S THE GENIUS
OF GUZMAN ♪
IN MEXICO, EL CHAPO'S
NAME PROVOKED FEAR AND ADMIRATION.
FEW WHO HAD MET HIM DARED TO
SPEAK EVEN ABOUT HIS PAST,
BUT THE FIRST MAN
TO HAVE HIM IN HANDCUFFS
WAS RELAXED ENOUGH
TO INVITE US HOME.
CARDINAL POSADAS WAS MURDERED
AT GUADALAJARA AIRPORT IN 1993.
IT IS RUMORED
HE HAD INFORMATION
ON THE GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVEMENT
WITH THE DRUG CARTELS.
EL CHAPO WAS
AT THE AIRPORT THAT DAY,
BUT ALWAYS DENIED HAVING
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER.
EL CHAPO WAS PARADED
FOR THE PRESS.
THIS WAS THE ONLY
KNOWN FOOTAGE OF HIM.
WHILE HE WAS INSIDE,
MANY OF HIS RIVALS WERE KILLED,
LEAVING THE ROAD CLEAR
FOR HIM
TO RISE TO THE TOP
FROM BEHIND BARS.
THREE JOURNALISTS
I HAVE WORKED WITH
ARE AMONG THE 60
THAT HAVE BEEN
KILLED HERE
IN THE PAST DECADE.
NOT SURPRISINGLY,
ANABEL HERNANDEZ
GOES NOWHERE
WITHOUT A BODYGUARD.
GRACIAS.
ANABEL HAS DIRECTLY
ACCUSED THE AUTHORITIES
OF BEING INVOLVED
IN EL CHAPO'S RISE TO POWER,
FROM PRISON OFFICIALS
TO EACH OF THE LAST
FOUR PRESIDENTS OF MEXICO.
ZULEMA RELEASED
THE TEXT OF LETTERS
EL CHAPO HAD SENT HER
IN PRISON.
GIVE ME THE LEGS.
HAVE YOU FOUND HER?
WHAT'S IT SAY?
IT SAYS, UH...
"NOBODY DIES...
"WHILE KEPT ALIVE
IN THE HEART OF SOMEBODY.
YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE
IN MY HEART."
CLEARLY, IT HAS
BEEN KEPT, YOU KNOW?
NICELY.
YOU NEED TO PAY
FOR THAT.
WHO'S PAYING?
SO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED
TO HER?
SHE WAS FOUND
IN THE BACK OF A CAR,
AND, UM, HER BODY
HAD BEEN TORTURED,
AND, UH...
TO PUNISH EL CHAPO.
YEAH.
EL CHAPO'S
RIVALS, THE ZETAS CARTEL,
BELIEVED THE STORY
OF THE ROMANCE
AND KIDNAPPED ZULEMA
SOON AFTER SHE WAS RELEASED.
HER BODY WAS DISCOVERED
MUTILATED IN THE TRUNK
OF A CAR.
SHE HAD BEEN RAPED AND WAS
LEFT WITH A "Z" FOR ZETAS
CARVED IN HER BELLY
AND BUTTOCKS.
♪ YEAH, THE 19TH
OF JANUARY, 2001 ♪
♪ THAT WAS THE YEAR
THAT EL CHAPO GUZMAN ♪
♪ GOT AWAY ♪
♪ NO ONE PAID ATTENTION
IN THE PENITENTIARY ♪
♪ NO ONE SAW THE COT
THAT CARRIED DIRTY LAUNDRY ♪
♪ OPEN THE GATES
TO THE HILLS OF SINALOA ♪
♪ YES, THE KING HAS RETURNED
FROM A TRIP WITH THE LORD ♪
♪ THE LAST TIME THEY SAW HIM
WAS BY A GAS STATION ♪
♪ OVER THE HILLS
NOT FAR FROM HIS NATION ♪
♪ HE'S FREE ♪
♪ THE KING OF G-GOLD
AND WHITE ROCKS THAT GLISTEN ♪
♪ HAS RETURNED FROM A STAY
IN A FIVE-STAR PRISON ♪
♪ A MILLION OR TWO,
THAT'S THE PRICE OF FREEDOM ♪
♪ GOES TO SHOW MY STATION
JUST AS LONG AS YOU FEED 'EM ♪
♪ OH, THE 19TH
OF JANUARY, 2001 ♪
♪ THAT WAS THE YEAR
THAT EL CHAPO GUZMAN ♪
♪ GOT AWAY ♪
♪ THE TEN YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,
HE'LL BE DOWN IN CULIACAN ♪
♪ A CITY OF LEGENDS
THAT IS STOOPED IN TRADITION ♪
♪ THE MOST DANGEROUS OF SEAS,
HE'S THE BIGGEST FISH IN SIGHT ♪
♪ AND ANYTHING HUSTLERS NEED,
CHAPO'S THERE TO PROVIDE IT ♪
CULIACAN IS HOME
TO EL CHAPO'S SINALOA CARTEL,
SUPPLYING DRUGS TO EVERY CORNER
OF THE WORLD.
HERE, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO WORKS FOR WHOM,
LET ALONE
WHO KILLED WHO AND WHY.
ONE LESSON WE HAVE LEARNED
OVER THE YEARS...
TRUST NO ONE.
LIKE MANY JOURNALISTS
AND DIGNITARIES,
WE WERE TAKEN
ON THE OFFICIAL TOUR
TO SHOW HOW SERIOUSLY
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES THE SEARCH
FOR EL CHAPO AND THE BATTLE
WITH HIS CARTEL.
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO NOW
IS EARNESTLY SEEKING
HIS CAPTURE AND INCARCERATION.
CHAPO GUZMAN
IS ON THE RUN.
HE IS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
WHAT HAS BECOME
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
AND PERSISTENT PURSUIT...
EVER.
HE IS THE...
HE IS THE SUBJECT
OF A MANHUNT THAT IS WITHOUT
PARALLEL IN MEXICO RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THREE FATES
AWAITS CHAPO GUZMAN.
EITHER HE WILL BE CAPTURED
AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE,
HE WILL DIE
IN HIS ATTEMPT TO EVADE THAT...
OR HE WILL SPEND
THE REST OF HIS DAYS
LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER,
ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
ONE OF THOSE TWO FATES.
WE WILL NOT STOP.
THIS IS
A RELENTLESS PURSUIT,
AND WITH A LITTLE LUCK,
HE WILL END UP
INCARCERATED AND IN PRISON
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
THE REALITY IS EL
CHAPO AND THE SINALOA CARTEL
RULE THIS TOWN WITH A
COMBINATION OF MONEY AND FEAR.
WE HAVE MET GOVERNORS
WHO LATER HAVE BEEN ACCUSED
OF HAVING LUNCH
WITH EL CHAPO,
POLITICIANS AND POLICEMEN
WHO TURNED OUT TO WORK FOR HIM.
HE WAS KNOWN TO GO OUT
FOR THE OCCASIONAL EVENING MEAL.
EL CHAPO LIVED IN CULIACAN
BEFORE HIS ARREST IN 1993.
OUR DRIVER NEEDED
SERIOUS PERSUASION
TO TAKE US
TO HIS OLD HOUSE.
THE STATE SEIZED THE PROPERTY,
BUT IT REMAINS DESERTED
BECAUSE NO ONE DARES TO BUY IT.
IT TOOK TIME TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO KNEW EL CHAPO WELL.
ADOLFO SALAZAR
IS ONE OF A RARE BREED,
A CARTEL BOSS
WHO HAS MADE RETIREMENT,
AND SO WAS WILLING
TO TALK OPENLY.
ADOLFO SAID HE HAD NO IDEA
WHERE EL CHAPO WAS NOW,
BUT HE WAS CONFIDENT HE COULD
DELIVER OUR REQUEST TO MEET HIM.
WHILE WE WAITED,
WE WANTED TO VISIT THE MAUSOLEUM
EL CHAPO HAD BUILT
FOR HIS SON EDGAR,
BUT NO ONE WOULD TAKE US THERE
WITHOUT PERMISSION.
EDGAR WAS REPORTED MURDERED
IN A SUPERMARKET CAR PARK
BY A RIVAL CARTEL
IN 2008.
WHEN PERMISSION CAME,
IT WAS THE FIRST SIGN
THAT EL CHAPO MUST KNOW
THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM.
NOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
PERMISSION TO GO TO THIS TOWN,
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO HANG AROUND THE CEMETERY...
THE CEMETERY
OR ANYWHERE NEAR THERE.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE
PICKED UP BY THE TOWN PEOPLE.
AND THEY KNOW
WE'RE COMING, RIGHT?
THEY CERTAINLY DO.
THE GUARD MADE CLEAR
THAT WE WERE THE FIRST
OUTSIDERS TO VISIT.
AND THEN, WE HEARD
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY
OF EDGAR'S KILLING.
IT WAS, UM... A MISTAKE.
UM...
THE SAME PEOPLE
OF EL CHAPO
KILLED HIM BY MISTAKE
IN A MALL IN CULIACAN.
AND I THINK THIS MAUSOLEUM SHOWS
THAT A LITTLE BIT...
HE MUST FEEL
A BIT GUILTY FOR IT.
THAT HE KILLED
HIS ONLY SON.
HIS PEOPLE.
AS WE FINISHED FILMING,
WE WERE TOLD
EL CHAPO'S EX-WIFE,
GRISELDA, THE BOY'S MOTHER,
HAD NOT GIVEN
HER PERMISSION.
THEN, A CALL CAME
THAT SHE HAD SENT ARMED MEN
AS WELL AS THE POLICE
TO STOP US.
WE HEADED
STRAIGHT FOR THE AIRPORT.
COME ON, TELL ME,
WHAT WERE WE RUNNING AWAY FROM?
I THINK WE ARE NOT THE ONLY
PEOPLE THAT SPEAK ENGLISH HERE...
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU
THAT WE'RE STILL IN CULIACAN.
AND SHOULD WE STILL
BE FRIGHTENED?
AFTER WE LEAVE, YES.
CLEARLY, THE DEATH
OF EDGAR REMAINS
AN OPEN WOUND BETWEEN
EL CHAPO AND HIS EX-WIFE.
EL FLACO
WAS WITH EL CHAPO
AT THE TIME OF EDGAR'S KILLING
IN 2008.
PUBLICLY, ANOTHER CARTEL
WAS BLAMED
FOR THE MURDER OF EDGAR.
EL CHAPO TURNED CULIACAN
INTO A WAR ZONE.
RIVAL CARTELS BEGAN
LEAVING BODIES WITH MESSAGES,
CLAIMING THAT EL CHAPO AND THE
GOVERNMENT WERE WORKING TOGETHER.
IT TOOK ANOTHER TRIP
TO CULIACAN
AND SECRET MEETINGS
WITH SENIOR CARTEL BOSSES
BEFORE WE COULD TAKE THE
NEXT STEP TOWARDS EL CHAPO.
BUT WE WERE WARNED IT WAS TOO
DANGEROUS TO TRAVEL BY LAND
INTO THE MOUNTAINS
WITH A GRINGO.
THAT IS WHY
WE WERE INTRODUCED TO EL CHINO
AND HEARD THE SONG
OF HIS LIFE.
NONE OF THE
GUNS OR THREATS OF VIOLENCE
HAD SCARED US HALF AS MUCH
AS SITTING AT THE FOOT OF
THE RUNWAY WITH EL CHINO,
NO FLIGHT PLAN,
AND ONLY A VAGUE IDEA
OF WHERE WE WERE GOING.
THAT NIGHT, WE SLEPT IN THE
HEART OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
ANGUS WAS WATCHED LIKE A SPY
BY HEAVILY ARMED MEN
WHO HAD ONLY SEEN
GRINGOS ON TV.
OUR HOST WAS
THE LOCAL SINALOA WARLORD
WHO OWNS THE HILLS
AND VALLEYS AROUND.
LUNCH FOR EL CHAPO'S ARMY,
SOME OF THE MOST WANTED MEN
IN MEXICO,
WAS BEEF, BEER, AND COCAINE.
OUR IDENTITIES WERE CHECKED
ON THEIR HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET NETWORK.
BOTH OF US SENSED EL CHAPO
REALLY WAS CLOSE BY.
THEY TOLD US THE MILITARY
REGULARLY SENDS IN HELICOPTERS,
AND WE WORRIED ABOUT BEING
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
THEY REASSURED US THAT
THEY GOT THREE HOURS WARNING
BEFORE ANY RAIDS.
THESE MEN SMUGGLE COCAINE
AND METH ALL OVER THE WORLD,
BUT THE HEROIN AND MARIJUANA
GROWN HERE
STILL BRING THE CARTEL
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IT WAS STRANGE,
FLYING WITH THE TROOPS OVER LA SIERRA,
LOOKING FOR EL CHAPO
AND HIS MEN
WHEN WE NOW KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON BENEATH.
WE WONDERED
WHICH OF THESE MEN,
OR THEIR OFFICERS,
OR THE GENERALS ABOVE THEM,
WAS WORKING FOR THE CARTEL.
I ASSURE YOU
THAT CHAPO GUZMAN IS NOT OUT
FLITTING ABOUT IN RESTAURANTS
AND LIVING THE HIGH LIFE.
IN FACT, WITHOUT
GETTING INTO THE DETAILS,
WE CAN TELL YOU THAT HE'S MUCH
CLOSER TO THE SADDAM HUSSEIN MODEL,
LIVING IN A SPIDER HOLE
AND MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
BECAUSE OF THE FEAR
THAT HE'S GONNA BE CAPTURED.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT NEEDS
TO STAY UNTIL WE GET HIM.
HOW DO YOU
KNOW HE'S DOING THAT?
NOT GONNA SAY.
WE KNOW, BUT I CAN'T
TELL YOU HOW WE KNOW.
JUST AS WE WERE PREPARING
TO MAKE CONTACT AGAIN,
A PHONE WAS FOUND
DURING A MILITARY RAID.
ON IT WAS FILM OF EL CHAPO
INTERROGATING A MAN
TIED UP WITH HIS TROUSERS
AROUND HIS ANKLES.
HERE WAS THE BRUTAL REALITY
OF THE MAN WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
YET, EVERY DAY, WE WORRIED
THAT SOMEONE
MIGHT GET TO HIM FIRST.
HE IS ONE OF THE MOST
WANTED CRIMINALS IN THE WORLD,
MEXICAN DRUG LORD
JOAQUIN GUZMAN,
ALSO KNOWN AS EL CHAPO.
YEAH, THIS GUY'S BEEN
ON THE LOOSE SINCE ESCAPING
FROM A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
BACK IN 2001,
REPORTEDLY BY HIDING
IN A LAUNDRY CART.
NOW, THERE ARE REPORTS
SAYING THAT GUZMAN
MAY HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN A GUNFIGHT
IN A REMOTE SECTION
OF GUATEMALA.
CONCERNED,
I RANG OUR CONTACT.
HE LAUGHED AND INVITED US
TO LUNCH,
NOT IN CULIACAN,
BUT IN THE MOUNTAINS,
IN LA TUNA,
AT THE GUZMAN HOME.
NO ONE WE KNEW
HAD EVER BEEN HERE.
DRIVING WITHOUT THE CARTEL'S
PERMISSION IS SUICIDE.
BUT WITH IT,
EVEN THE POLICE JUST WAVE US THROUGH.
ONLY ONE PERSON
COULD HAVE ARRANGED FOR US
TO HAVE LUNCH
WITH MRS. GUZMAN.
TWO HOURS LATER,
WE WERE BEING DRIVEN UP THE MOUNTAIN
TO A PLACE
THEY CALL HEAVEN
ON HIS DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS.
- WHAT HAPPENED?
- NOTHING.
BASICALLY,
THEY SAID THAT, UM...
BASICALLY, THEY SAID THAT
HE'S NOT GOING
TO SPEAK WITH US
RIGHT NOW.
HE SAID YES,
BUT NOT NOW.
AND IT FEELS FUNNY
BECAUSE WE CAN CERTAINLY FEEL
THAT HE'S AROUND HERE.
AND THEY CALL HIM
ON A MOBILE PHONE,
AND, UM... YEAH,
SO HE MUST BE AROUND.
ISN'T HE JUST BEING...
POLITELY TELLING US TO GO AWAY?
NO, BECAUSE THE STYLE
OF THESE PEOPLE IS
IF THEY SAY NO,
IT'S "NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH."
THEY DON'T PLAY AROUND
LIKE THAT.
CERTAINLY, IT'S NOT
IN THEIR INTEREST
THAT WE COME UP
HERE A LOT.
WE CAN BRING
TROUBLE WITH US.
SO, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
SO HE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HIS
BIRTHPLACE AND CULIACAN, THAT'S WHAT...
YEAH, THEY SAID
THAT HE SPENDS
MOST OF HIS TIME,
AROUND HERE AND CULIACAN.
THAT'S WEIRD, ISN'T IT?
IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS PLACE
FOR HIM TO BE.
YEAH... POSSIBLY THE SAFEST.
OVER THE FOLLOWING MONTHS,
WE WERE TWICE MORE INVITED
UP TO LA TUNA.
EACH TIME, EL CHAPO
DECIDED NOT TO GO ON CAMERA.
FOR ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENT,
WE HAD FOUND HIM EXACTLY
WHERE WE HAD EXPECTED HIM TO BE.
- ARE WE READY?
- YES.
SO WHY HADN'T
THE AUTHORITIES,
WHO WERE OFFERING $5 MILLION
FOR HIS CAPTURE?
EL CHAPO WAS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
IT WAS SURREAL,
STANDING THERE,
WATCHING HIS SECURITY PEOPLE
OPENLY PHONING AND TEXTING,
EVEN SENDING PHOTOS.
THE U.S.
AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
SIMPLY HAD TO KNOW
WHERE HE WAS.
BUT PRESUMABLY,
EL CHAPO WAS STILL MORE USEFUL FREE
AS THE WORLD'S
MOST WANTED DRUG TRAFFICKER.
♪ THEY CALL HIM THE SAVIOR ♪
♪ SAVIOR OF THE LAND ♪
♪ ALWAYS WITH BEHAVIOR ♪
♪ HE NEVER ROSE HIS HAND ♪
♪ AND THEY TOLD HIM
TO LAY LOW ♪
♪ LAY LOW AWAY ♪
♪ YEAH THEY TOLD HIM
TO LAY LOW ♪
♪ LAY LOW AWAY ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ WE ARE ALL IN THE GAME ♪
♪ CARTEL DE SINALOA ♪
♪ CARTEL DE TIJUANA ♪
♪ CARTEL DEL JUAREZ ♪
♪ FAMILIA MICHOACANA ♪
♪ CARTEL DEL GOLFO ♪
♪ ZETAS SEA ♪
♪ ESTADOS UNIDOS ♪
♪ PARA LUCHAR ♪
♪ AND HE REACHED OUT
FOR HIS GUN ♪
♪ AND THEN,
IT ALL WENT WRONG ♪
♪ SO THEY FIRED IN RETURN ♪
♪ AND THE LIGHTS,
THEY ALL WENT ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA, BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
♪ BA, DA,
BA, DA, BA, DA, BA, DA ♪
SO THEY PICKED UP
EL CHAPO
BEFORE WE COULD
CONVINCE HIM TO SPEAK.
WHY NOW, WE WOULD NEVER KNOW
FOR CERTAIN,
BUT SUCCESSORS ARE ALREADY LINED
UP TO TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS.
THE KING IS DEAD.
LONG LIVE THE KING.
♪ ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ♪
♪ NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE ♪
♪ ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ♪
♪ YOUR GOAL'S OUT OF RANGE ♪
♪ NIXON TOLD US
THE REASONS IN '71 ♪
♪ WE WERE LISTENING ♪
♪ YET THE WAR RAGES ON
IN THE SOUTHERN LAND ♪
♪ NOBODY CAME ♪
♪ ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ♪
♪ PEOPLE THROW
THEIR MINDS AWAY ♪
♪ DOWN IN
THE MEXICAN MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ PEOPLE ♪
♪ WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY ♪