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Did El Chapo Guzmán bring One Direction to Mexico?

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  • It all started as a fan initiative.
  • One Direction’s performance in Mexico coincided with El Chapo’s prison escape.
  • It was rumored that El Chapo paid for the event.

For some it was a coincidence, but others believe that the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel made it possible for one of the most famous boy bands to visit from the other side of the world. So, did El Chapo Guzmán bring One Direction to Mexico? Today we give you an answer.

On social media, people have gone crazy over the news that Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo Guzmán, intervened so that the boy band One Direction could come to Mexico in 2015 when the group — made up of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — performed for the last time in Mexico at the Telehit Awards.

Did El Chapo Guzmán bring One Direction to Mexico?

do"El Chapo" Guzmán took One Direction to Mexico?
PHOTO: Capture Instagram

Seven years have passed since the moment when One Direction arrived to the delight of all their fans in Mexico. The news of their arrival not only drove the Telehit workers crazy but also the Directioners who had previously asked El Chapo Guzmán for help to bring the boy band to Mexico.

In 2015, the group announced that they would temporarily split in March 2016. At the time the group insisted that it was not a permanent separation, however, to date the Directioners don’t know if the band will ever get back together.

One Direction’s visit coincided with El Chapo’s escape

Coincided with the escape of "El Chapo"
PHOTO: Informante website capture

According to El Heraldo, on November 26, 2015 the Foro Sol was packed because the boy band performed for the last time in Mexico. Presumably it was the Telehit awards that had helped bring the group into CDMX. However, people still wondered whether El Chapo Guzmán had anything to do with this event.

In 2015, the Mexican drug trafficker escaped through a tunnel from the Altiplano prison, through an underground passageway more than 1.6 km long that began in the bathroom of his cell. This was considered catastrophic news for the security of the country. However, for One Direction fans this was seen as an opportunity.

The Directioners begged the capo for a favor

The "directors" they begged the capo for a favor
PHOTO: Capture Twitter

After El Chapo’s escape, the Directioners began to organize a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #ChapoMexicoNeeds1D. Fans began to ask for support from the mobster a day after his escape and used all kinds of techniques, memes, videos and all the tools available on the internet to get the message that they needed his help to bring 1D to Mexico, to El Chapo.

The funny thing about it all is that there were claims and screen grabs insisting that Guzmán Loera’s alleged accounts «liked» some viral posts from this campaign and that he even shared them, so the Directioners believe that everything was the drug lord’s doing.

Many still believe the rumors

Rumors still remain

PHOTO: Capture website El Heraldo

According to El Heraldo, the band charged several million to perform in Mexico, a sum that Telehit could not have paid. However a person with a lot of money or perhaps a drug trafficker willing to foot the bill could have been able to do it.

It should be noted that the theory that Guzmán Loera was the one who got One Direction to return to Mexico was never confirmed. However, to date, some of the band’s followers continue to believe that it happened. And many commented: “Did you realize that El Chapo listened to us? Thank you very much Chapo.” «Apparently the hashtag #ChapoMexicoNeeds1D did help.»

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