Sean Penn shares 'regret' about El Chapo article in CBS interview

"I have a terrible regret," Penn told CBS This Morningco-host Rose in the interview recorded late Thursday in SantaMonica, Calif.

"I have a regret that the entire discussion about this article ignores its purpose, which was to try to contribute tothis discussion about the policy on the War on Drugs."

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Guzman was recaptured last week, six months after staging aspectacular prison break through a tunnel in his cell floor.While on the run, Guzman met secretly with Penn at a junglehideout a move the government says was "essential" to hiscapture.

The article based on the interview by Penn, 55, waspublished in Rolling Stone magazine on Saturday, and quotesGuzman boasting about his drug shipments and the laundering ofmoney through major Mexican and foreign companies.

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The actor refuted claims that his interview led to ElChapo's arrest.

"There is this myth about the visit that we made, mycolleagues and I with El Chapo, that it was... 'essential' tohis capture," Penn said.

He said he had met with Guzman "many weeks" beforeand in alocation far from the capture.

Mexican officials wanted to encourage drug cartels to blameGuzman's capture on the meeting, Penn said, because thegovernment was embarrassed that Penn and his coworkers found thedrug kingpin before they could.

Penn said he could be in danger but was not afraid ofpotential threats.

He did not say who had organized the meeting with Guzman,but said he had a contact "facilitate an invitation."