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By Raul Hernandez<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Notebookventura@gmail.com<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"El<\/a>El Chapo’s \u00a0Trump-size ego fueled by Hollywood aspirations to see himself on the silver screen led to his capture in Los Mochis in Northern Sinaloa by Mexican Marines.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The world’s richest and most powerful drug lord is now on his way to the United States as soon as Mexican officials milk his arrest for as much publicity as possible, including giant “We Got Him” headlines.<\/span><\/div>\n
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But how his capture went down is like a Mexican telenovela involving a beautiful actress, \u00a0an American actor and selfies taken during an evening of merriment with mariachis.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\"Sinaloa,<\/a>Mexico is sending El Chapo packing to a prison cell in the United States. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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The country is embarrassed<\/span>\u00a0by Chapo’s Houdini escapes with the Mexican Marines in hot pursuit, and baffled Mexican officials left behind with red faces and trying to explain how he got out of a maximum security prison, again.<\/span><\/div>\n
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On Friday, the Mexican flag that has been torn, tattered and bloodied by the cartels was flying high after a tweet by President Enrique Pena Nieto.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0“Mission Accomplished,” Nieto announced via Twitter. “We have him.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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Yeah, but El Chapo made it easy because the Mexican billionaire thought he was invincible.<\/span><\/div>\n
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His ego got in the way, and he started to believe the dozens Mexican corridos<\/strong> <\/a>or ballads celebrating his exploits and escapes.<\/span><\/div>\n
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After he shelled out money to have a \u00a0tunnel constructed to break him out of Altiplano prison cell, many believed El Chapo was in\u00a0<\/span>South America and quietly living in some small fishing village.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Instead, he reportedly decided to stay in Mexico to become a Mexican Martin Scorsese with Actress Kate del Castillo and Actor Sean Penn, playing the role of journalist.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Also El Chapo\u00a0kept sending tweets about his family and sticking it to the rest of the world.<\/span><\/div>\n
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He acted as thought he was\u00a0wanted for unpaid traffic tickets in Mexico City.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is the titillating headline on the Daily Mail<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0El Chapo’s moll: How trusted Mexican actress Kate del Castillo brokered deal for Sean Penn to interview cartel boss… But ultimately proved his femme fatale.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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In an article published in The Rolling Stone<\/a><\/strong> and written by Sean Penn<\/strong> titled “El Chapo Speaks,” the notorious drug dealer talks about escape. \u00a0Penn interviewed El Chapo with an annoying rooster crowing in the background.<\/span><\/div>\n