Kate del Castillo

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Kate del Castillo (2015)

Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo (born October 23, 1972 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican actress . She was last internationally known because she was in contact with the drug lord El Chapo .

life and career

Kate del Castillo is a daughter of the actor Eric del Castillo (* 1930). She made her debut in the drama El último escape (1980). She made known her role in the television series Muchachitas (1991). In the television series Ramona (2000) she took over the lead role of Ramona Moreno .

Del Castillo played one of the leading roles in the drama American Visa (2005). For this role she was nominated for the Mexican Silver Ariel in 2006. In the thriller Bordertown (2006) she played on the side of Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas . In Marco Kreuzpaintner's Trade - Willkommen in Amerika (2007) she played alongside Kevin Kline ; in the French thriller Julia (2008) she appeared on the side of Tilda Swinton .

Del Castillo was married to soccer player Luis García Postigo from 2001 to 2004 .

Relationship with El Chapo

In early 2012, Kate del Castillo caused a stir with an address of allegiance to the drug lord El Chapo by tweeting "I believe more in Chapo Guzmán today than in the governments that do nothing and withhold truths". Guzmán then sent contact persons to Castillo, and as a result there were at least sporadic contacts between the two.

She hit the headlines again in late 2015 when she was involved in arranging an October 2015 interview for Sean Penn for Rolling Stone magazine with Chapo at a secret location in Mexico. According to Castillo, however, everyone involved - with the exception of Sean Penn - thought that it should be about a film adaptation of El Chapo's life. He had given her the film rights. Exchanged SMS messages ultimately led the police allegedly to track down Guzmán and to arrest him in January 2016. Guzmán had previously escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison in July 2015. While Sean Penn was largely unknown to the drug lord, he was a fan of Castillo, who is a telenovela star in Mexico, and was dying to meet her. In his hiding place DVDs of Castillo's television series such as La Reina del Sur (“The Queen of the South”) were found, where she plays a boss in the Sinaloa cartel in Guzmán.

As a result of the meeting, Castillo, who lives in the USA, received a subpoena from the Mexican authorities. Because she did not comply, the public prosecutor in Mexico City issued an arrest warrant.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Kate del Castillo  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Ehringfeld: Flirting drug boss "El Chapo": "We will be very good friends". In: Spiegel Online . January 14, 2016, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Relationship to "El Chapo": Mexico wants to interrogate actress Kate del Castillo, Spiegel Online, January 19, 2016
  3. ↑ Fateful affairs. In: sueddeutsche.de . February 5, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Castillo, Kate del
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castillo Negrete Trillo, Kate del (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico City , Mexico