Who controversially interviewed the on-the-run Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman for Rolling Stone Magazine just before his 2015 capture?
Los Cabos Municipality had previously been a municipal seat of a municipality of the same name in 1917 but lost this in a political reorganization in 1972. Reports of increased violence in the Los Cabos municipality are connected to the 2016 arrest of drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed "El Chapo," following an interview with US actor Sean Penn for "Rolling Stone Magazine". Instability that eluded Los Cabos, Mexico's "most prized and protected tourist resorts" according to the "Los Angeles Times", stemmed from the void in the drug cartel. Generally the violence from fragmented, warring factions, seeking to gain control in the region, has
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (; ; born on 25 December 1954 or 4 April 1957) is a Mexican suspected drug lord and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed. He is known as "El Chapo" ("Shorty", ) for his stature), and he became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas Guillén of the Gulf Cartel. He was considered the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury.