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How Actor Sean Penn Came To Interview 'El Chapo' For 'Rolling Stone'

8:13am January 10, 2016

Rolling Stone published the interview Saturday night with the Mexican druglord. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's David Folkenflik and NPR's Carrie Kahn about how this meeting came about.

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'El Chapo' Talked With Sean Penn, In Clandestine Jungle Interview

10:29pm January 09, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

In a piece published Saturday night by Rolling Stone, the actor revealed he sat with Joaquin Guzmán for an interview in October, when the drug kingpin was still being hunted by Mexican authorities.

Will Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Face Extradition To U.S.?

6:06pm January 09, 2016

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán was recaptured by Mexican authorities on Friday after months on the run. A former drug prosecutor predicts that Mexico will continue to resist pressure to extradite Guzman.

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the world's most wanted-drug trafficker, second left, is escorted by Mexican security forces at a Navy hangar in Mexico City, Mexico, on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.

After Second Escape, Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Recaptured

1:20pm January 09, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

In Mexico, the world's most wanted Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested yesterday. NPR's Carrie Kahn describes his capture.

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'El Chapo' Back In Prison He Escaped From — Thanks, In Part, To Lure Of Hollywood

8:48am January 09, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Mexican authorities say the drug kingpin wanted to film a biopic about his life and reached out to producers — which helped officials track him down. He's been returned to the site of his July escape.

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Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Recaptured 6 Months After Prison Escape

8:03pm January 08, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is in custody Friday after being captured by Mexican authorities. He was on the run for six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico.

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The edge of a fence near the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo, Texas, in 2014.

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Episode 675: The Cost Of Crossing

7:30pm January 08, 2016

Sneaking people across the U.S.-Mexico border is a well established, booming business. Today on the show, we meet a businessman and a client in the evolving industry of human smuggling.

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Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, seen here in a photo held by Mexico's attorney general, Arely Gomez, last July, has been recaptured, Mexico's president says.

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Mexico Has Recaptured Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo'

5:42pm January 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Nearly six months after his most recent escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico, drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has been caught, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced.

The Indian fruit bat known as the flying fox can harbor diseases that other animals — and humans — can contract.

Worrisome Bat-Disease Map Shouldn't Make People Fear Bats

4:54pm January 08, 2016

by Emily Sohn

A new map shows where the risk is highest for humans catching diseases from bats. But the researchers urge humans to remember: Bats do a lot of good, too!

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Mexico Recaptures Drug Kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman

4:31pm January 08, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

Mexican authorities announce the recapture of Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka "El Chapo," the drug kingpin who escaped a maximum security prison six months ago.