LOS ANGELES (AFP) -
The
life of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is to be turned into
a drama series by the showrunner of Netflix hit drama "Narcos," reports
said.
"#Cartel," which is being developed by cable channel
History, will chart the emergence of the drug gangs who use social media
to promote their brand, Variety magazine said on Tuesday.
"The
true story of El Chapo, fraught with murder, drugs, corruption and
celebrity, has been and continues to be one of the most disturbing and
fascinating of the past decade," History chief Jana Bennett told the
entertainment weekly.
It is familiar ground for Chris Brancato,
co-creator of the "Narcos," a crime thriller series on Colombian drug
lord Pablo Escobar.
"#Cartel" will be a "metaphor for the lives we
present on the Internet... and the risks of not-so-humble-bragging on
social media," he said.
Guzman was captured in January after
months on the run in a colorful episode involving a Mexican soap opera
actress and US film star Sean Penn, who met with the drug boss in
hiding.
Guzman had escaped through a hole in his jail cell's shower in July last year, in a drama that embarrassed the government.
He
faces two extradition demands by courts in California and Texas, for
homicide and drug trafficking, in a process expected to take at least a
year.
© 2016 AFP
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