"To over-demonize any human being is not in our best self-interest," he said.
He spoke about the encounter between the actor and the drug dealer to Spanish newspaper El País.
El cineasta mexicano ofreció una entrevista a “El País” en la que habló sobre el actor y su encuentro con “El Chapo”
The former governor of Florida said that it is shameful that Sean Penn interviewed the leader of the Sinaloa cartel to present him as a heroe.
Un imitador del capo mexicano apareció debajo de las escaleras con libreto en mano y preguntó dónde quedaba el departamento de cine
Penn also insisted he had played no role in Guzmán's eventual recapture.
According to an intelligence report the drug kingpin was interested in investing in companies registered in Delaware.
Juan Pablo Badillo, one of a team of Guzmán lawyers, told Reuters that the American actor should be called to testify to respond about the stupidities he has said.
Joaquín Guzmán was photographed in a shirt from apparel firm Barabas shaking hands with Sean Penn in an image accompanying the actor's recent Rolling Stone article about the fugitive.
“A night full of #HONOR”, the Mexican actress wrote on Instagram on October 3, 2015.