'El Chapo' Film Trailer Imagines Events Following Drug Lord's Escape
It's only been six months since the escape of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán from federal prison in Mexico, but a film about the Mexican drug lord's infamous disappearance is about to hit theaters in Mexico.
On Jan. 4, Dragon Films Mexico released the official trailer for "Chapo: El Escape del Siglo" ("Chapo: The Escape of the Century"), a film that depicts Guzmán's escape and imagines what he has been doing since going into hiding.
The Spanish-language film, set to be released in select theaters on Jan. 15, was produced by Axel Uriegas and stars Irineo Alvarez as El Chapo, José Sefami and Pascacio López.
In the trailer, the Mexican government is in a panic when Guzmán escapes from his prison cell, and the state launches a large-scale manhunt to find the most powerful criminal in Mexico. El Chapo is then shown enjoying his new found freedom, struggling to trust his men and evading authorities.
Also brought up in the trailer is the possibility that Guzmán's escape may have involved the government.
"I began noticing that the 'gringos' (Americans) and the president were cooking something. It didn't feel right to me, so I ordered the tunnel built," El Chapo can be heard saying.
According to La Prensa, the film is just the first of a four-part series that will tell the story of the cartel leader's life in reverse, beginning with his escape and finishing with how he became involved in criminal activities.
On July 11, 2015, Guzmán famously shocked the world when he escaped from the maximum security prison where he was being held using an underground tunnel.
This was the second time that Guzmán escaped from prison. He first escaped a laundry cart after bribing prison guards in 2001. He was recaptured in 2014, after over a decade of living in hiding, reported The Washington Times.
Check out the film's trailer below.
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