Two Guys Risk Their Lives to Get an Interview with 'El Chapo' Guzman Bradley Campbell - PRI's The World
go to original July 23, 2015

The entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, is seen in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 12, 2015. (Attorney General's Office/Reuters)

If you're in the drug trade, Mexico is a good place to hide. At least it is, for Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Listen: This story is based on a radio interview.

He broke out of prison last week and remains on the lam. The Mexican government says it will recapture him, but journalist Guillermo Galdos isn't so sure. He's one of the two men — the other being Angus Macqueen — behind the new Frontline Documentary, "Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty." It documents their two-year effort to try to get an interview with Guzmán.

In their quest to find and interview the drug kingpin known as “El Chapo,” two filmmakers found themselves locked in a garage with one of his meth traffickers - and lots and lots of methamphetamine. (Frontline PBS)

The two reporters put their lives at risk to get into the inner circle of the Sinaloa cartel, walking through its poppy fields and marijuana plants. Throughout the film, you get the feeling they might be executed.

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