'El Chapo' Guzman to Get His Own TV Show in US Miriam Wells - InSight Crime
go to original February 2, 2014

"The Drug Lord" will immortalize El Chapo on screen (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's life and times are to be brought to television screens across the United States later this year, in a new series that is surely a dream come true for one of the world's most wanted men.

Colombian writer and ex-drug trafficker Andres Lopez Lopez, the man behind hugely popular television series Cartel of the Snitches (Cartel de los Sapos) and Lord of the Skies (El Señor de los Cielos), has penned the script for new drama "The Drug Lord" (El Varon de la Droga) based on El Chapo's exploits. The series, which will go out on US channel Univision in October, will not be a biography but will aim to recreate the Sinaloa Cartel leader's history and influences using infomartion Lopez has gathered from people close to Guzman, reported Milenio.

Lopez argued there was nothing wrong with putting drug traffickers on screen, saying their stories "had to be told because it is a reality which affects all of us." He promised to go further than just showing the inside of the drug trafficking business and also illustrate the consequences of such activities on criminals' personal lives and the lives of those around them, reported Proceso.

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