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World's Most-Wanted Drug Dealer Is Under Arrest Again In Mexico

6:17am January 11, 2016

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested after a shootout with Mexican soldiers. He faces an array of drug charges in the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to Anthony Garza, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

Border Agents In San Diego Step Up Screening With Biometrics

5:57am January 11, 2016

by David Wagner

The agents are testing facial recognition and iris scanning as new ways of identifying people crossing the border. Civil liberties advocates say they're also testing the limits of privacy.

Update On Sean Penn's Secret Meeting With 'El Chapo'

12:51am January 11, 2016

NPR's Carrie Kahn gives an update on the capture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán and actress Kate Del Castillo's role in the secret meeting between "El Chapo" and actor Sean Penn.

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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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