Twitter wants El Chapo released so he can 'take care of' Donald Trump

U.S. Republicanpresidential candidateDonald Trump and Mexican drug lord Joaquin(ElChapo)Guzmanare as unlikely a pair of buddies as most people can imagine.

And yet, theallegedlysparringbillionaires have more in common than the number of figures in their estimated net worth($4.5 billion US and $1 billion USrespectively).

Trump and Guzmanshare a knack for inspiring headlines, rumours and speculation, both on their own, and even more so together.

This week, following Mexico's recapture of the fugitive cartel boss and Rolling Stone's publication of an interview Guzman gave to actor Sean Penn, Twitter users once again haveEl Chapotop of mind and they're wonderinghow his rumoured "feud" withTrump will play out now that he's back in custody.

'Who's going to stop Trump now?'

Twitter has been fascinated by the relationship between Trump and Guzmansince at least July, when the presidential hopeful mentioned Guzman who had just escaped prison for the second time in tweets containing (more)derogatory remarks about Mexico.

An unverified and since-deleted Twitteraccount that was reported to have beenrun byGuzman's sonresponded to Trump with profanity and threats against his life.

While Guzman's lawyer later said in a court filingthat the Twitter threats were "fabricated," Trump's team was apparentlyshaken enough to have contacted the FBI about them.

"We have officials all over the place, including right outside hanging out in trees," said Trump to reporters at a press event in Virginia just two days after receiving the tweets."Law enforcement is working very hard right now on the situation here."

Cuban-American rapper Pitbulladded further fuel to the fire bytelling Trump to "watch out for El Chapo" while on stageat a Univisionawardshow in July.

In October,Latin Americannews networkteleSURreported thatGuzmanhad placed a $100-million US bounty on Trump's head.

The report was picked up by several American and British news outlets, and while it wasneverclose to being confirmed,it stillgave peopleplenty to talk and speculate about.

Joking or not, many on Twitter seemed to like the idea ofGuzmanputting an end to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

When the drug kingpin wasrecaptured again late last week by Mexican marines,those hopes appear to have beendashed.

'Ah! Mi amigo!'

Did actor Sean Penn as in Spicoli fromFast Times at Ridgemont High finally manage tosquash the beef between Trump and Guzman?

Probably not, but the rare interview he conductedwithEl Chapolast fall gavethe web someinterestingTrump-relatedtidbits when it went live on Saturday.

"I am reminded of press accounts alleging a hundred-million-dollar bounty the man across from me is said to have put on Donald Trump's life," wrote Penn in his piece. "I mention Trump. El Chapo smiles, ironically saying, 'Ah! Mi amigo!'"

The article does not make mention of the Republican presidential candidate again.

Many, including Penn himself, suggested that Guzman was being ironic when referring toTrump as his friend.

Others have been more inclined to usetheir imaginations, suggesting that perhaps Trump and Guzman really are secretamigos.

Trump has not yet explicitly responded to Guzman's comments about their relationship.

He did, however, sayit was "sort of amazing" that Penn was able to interview anescaped convict who, at that point, was stillevading authorities.

"It was sort of amazing the way he got in there and all of the people that are looking for him couldn't find him and here's a guy sitting down with a rather long interview," Trump said of Penn. "So I don't know, I guess we have bigger problems in this country, but I guess it is a little amazing that he was able to get an interview with a guy that everybody else was looking for, right?"