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Sean Penn ‘should be in jail’ over 'El Chapo' interview: former DEA agent
Fox News ^ | 2/07/19 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 02/09/2019 5:08:54 AM PST by Libloather

A now-retired agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wants to see Sean Penn “in jail” for putting lives at risk when the actor interviewed notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman for Rolling Stone in 2015.

Jack Riley, 60, came close to seeing El Chapo arrested on Oct. 2, 2015, but the operation conducted by Mexican marines was interrupted when Penn, accompanied by Mexican soap opera actress, Kate del Castillo, arrived at the El Tuna compound, the New York Post reported.

"If I could get my hands on Sean Penn!” Riley, a former top agent with the DEA, told the Post. “The people he put at risk because of that stunt. He should be in jail.”

The marines put the mission on hold so they wouldn’t risk putting the celebrities in danger, according to the paper. But doing so cost authorities the element of surprise and allowed the drug kingpin to escape.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dea; elchapo; hollywood; jail; mexico; penn
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Riley tried to get Penn and del Castillo prosecuted for obstruction, but DEA and Justice Department officials didn’t pursue charges because the actor was protected by serving as a journalist, according to the Post.

Where can I get me some of them Big Media credentials?

1 posted on 02/09/2019 5:08:54 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Of course he should but just like hillary, leftists consider him a special, protected class of person and the law does not apply.

We must stop leftists from being in power due to their selective enforcement of the law.

JoMa


2 posted on 02/09/2019 5:15:22 AM PST by joma89
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To: Libloather
Next time...PUT THE CELEBRITARDS AT RISK!

Some of them need to die from time to time to send the message to others that playing stupid games wins you stupid prizes.

3 posted on 02/09/2019 5:20:08 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: Libloather

Won’t happen . . . he’s a libtard, and they never have to worry about being indicted


4 posted on 02/09/2019 5:21:38 AM PST by laweeks
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To: Libloather
Despite all that he's done, whenever I hear his name this immediately comes to mind:


5 posted on 02/09/2019 5:22:20 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Libloather

Agree with the FReepers...


6 posted on 02/09/2019 5:23:42 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: Libloather

The jury is still out on el Chapo. Unbelievable. He’s responsible for so many deaths. Guilty.


7 posted on 02/09/2019 5:29:19 AM PST by FES0844
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To: Libloather

Sean Pinhead is a disgrace to the human race.


8 posted on 02/09/2019 5:31:19 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Libloather

this entire story is BS. The DEA is covering for Sean Penn to keep him from getting killed. They followed him or somehow were able to link Penn to El Chapo’s location.

Chapo’s guys know the real story. I can guarantee that Sean Penn will never “hang out” in Mexico without huge security. Right now he’ praying that “they” forget about his “coincidental” interview and the capture of El Chapo. hahahahahhaha...

Everybody is a tough guy till the Cartel chops your body apart piece by piece after they kill your entire family. The soap opera star is probably under protection for a rival cartel and maybe Sean Penn is too. He may have done a rival cartel a favor by getting El Chapo arrested, but believe me that the Chapo cartel wouldn’t mind asking Sean Penn who he contacted before the interview.

Do you want to see how it works, look at the Netflix series called Narcos-Mexico.

Mexico is now a failed state under the cartels. We are witnessing a civil war in Mexico and nobody is talking about the disaster that is about to befall us.


9 posted on 02/09/2019 5:39:54 AM PST by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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That's how he could get his revenge on Penn. “We never could have caught him without Sean Penn's help.”
10 posted on 02/09/2019 5:48:21 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: Dick Vomer

Yesterday and perhaps the day before, we witnessed Mexican riot police protecting border entry points from massive migrant insurgence. That is a major change from earlier.

One wonders if the new trade treaty included promises to assist the Mexican government with cartel corruption control.

To control the flow of drugs across the border, drones must wipe out cartel compounds killing hundreds there. Women and children are not exempt.


11 posted on 02/09/2019 5:51:29 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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To: DoodleBob

Spicoli,,,”Dude, I’m So Wasted!”


12 posted on 02/09/2019 5:56:28 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Libloather

Some animals are more equal than others.


13 posted on 02/09/2019 5:59:02 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Libloather

I wonder if he has spent the Reward Money he got for turning in El Chapo


14 posted on 02/09/2019 6:49:20 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Libloather

15 posted on 02/09/2019 6:50:52 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Lol, I need to see that movie again!


16 posted on 02/09/2019 7:12:12 AM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: bert

It’s all make believe


17 posted on 02/09/2019 7:20:19 AM PST by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: Libloather

How long was the DEA “investigating” or “working with” El Chapo? Now that El Chapo is out of business, is drug crime and drug/human trafficking down in Mexico and U.S.?

One have to wonder as to whether these federal agencies are really just functioning as kingmakers and handlers for the drug crime bosses. Then, when they take town a notorious crime boss, others “magically” spring up on cue to fill the void and even expand the business. Funny how that happens.

Meet the new boss, this time even worse than the old boss.


18 posted on 02/09/2019 7:22:09 AM PST by grumpygresh (The only check on a rogue DOJ and FBI is jury nullification.)
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To: DoodleBob

Maybe he wasn’t even acting in that movie. Looks to be possible.


19 posted on 02/09/2019 11:36:36 AM PST by oldtech
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To: DoodleBob
How'd I know he was gonna be raided??
20 posted on 02/10/2019 5:19:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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