In an interview with The Guardian, his daughter Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz says her father traveled to California twice while on the run from Mexican authorities.
Shortly after his infamous interview with Sean Penn in Mexico, the kingpin paid a visit to Guzmán Ortiz and other relatives to ensure their safety. She also provided documents to The Guardian confirming her identity as El Chapo’s daughter.
She was reportedly granted permission from her father to speak to the media.
“My dad deposited the money in a bank account with a lawyer and a while after he came to see the house, his house. He came twice,” she said. She fended off questions on exactly how the 58-year-old evaded the heavily guarded border. “I asked him the same, believe me.”