LA Company Cashes in on Mexican Drug Lord's Shirt BBC
go to original January 13, 2016

Barabas advertises its shirt with the photo of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman meeting Sean Penn (Barabas)

A US shirt maker says its shirts are flying off the shelves after Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was pictured wearing one.

The distinctive patterned blue and grey number is seen in a picture of Guzman shaking hands with US actor Sean Penn in Rolling Stone magazine. Penn interviewed fugitive Guzman in October. He was recaptured on Friday.

Barabas spotted Guzman wearing its "Crazy Paisley" shirt (Barabas)

The company behind the shirt, Barabas, quickly advertised the "celebrity link" on its website. However, it said it did not know how Guzman had got hold of one of its shirts.

Barabas published the now famous picture of the meeting between Sean Penn and Guzman, who at the time that the image was taken, was on the run from the Mexican authorities after escaping from a maximum-security jail.

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Related: El Chapo's Family Tried to Trademark His Likeness for Branded Merchandise (The Guardian)

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