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A man has been arrested after an elderly woman was struck by a car as she crossed the road in Rochdale.

The day before he was arrested for his part in the industrial-scale importation of cocaine Jonathan Cassidy went online to buy a £22,000 bed. But, as one member of GMP's organised crime unit said: "He'll never sleep in it".

EXCLUSIVE: Production has begun on the new Netflix series The Gringo Hunters in Mexico City and the core cast has been revealed. They include José María Yazpik (Narcos, Madame Web), Sebastian Roché (1923, The Young Pope), Harold Torres (ZeroZeroZero, El Chapo) and Mayra Hermosillo (Narcos: Mexico, Thursday’s Widows). Plans to shoot in Tijuana are also in place.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) Cartel has threatened violence against Peso Pluma should he choose to go through with his next scheduled performance in Mexico, Vice reports. After the 24-year-old corridos tumbados superstar played in Mexico City Monday night (September 11), narcomantas — banners put up in public places by cartels to send loud messages — were seen across Tijuana Tuesday morning telling him to keep out.

William Earl Deepak Chopra’s Beacon Media has pacted with Mexico City-based Pirexia Films to develop Spanish-language content derived from Chopra’s vast IP library. The partners plan to develop a range of Spanish-language properties, but the initial focus will be on Chopra books, starting with “The 13th Disciple,” “The Third Jesus” and “Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment.” The intent is to develop scripted, unscripted and documentary projects. Filming is expected to begin later this year in Mexico and Spain. Pirexia was co-founded in 2015 by filmmaker José Manuel Cravioto, known for his work on the Univision/Netflix drama “El Chapo.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Gio Benitez is hoping to marry the two jobs he holds for ABC News. As the Disney unit’s transportation correspondent, he has been close to the recent movement into private space travel. As a newly named co-anchor for the weekend edition of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” he will handle stories that draw out viewers’ emotions and attention. He will continue to handle both roles. “I’m a space geek,” says Benitez, “and I get to still keep on doing it.” “I’ll tell you what he’s pitching,” says Simone Swink, the executive producer of ABC’s A.M. flagship. “He wants to be the first civilian and journalist on whatever the first mission to Mars is. That will be our ongoing conversation for the next five years.”

Anna Marie de la Fuente Mexico City-based Endemol Shine Boomdog, a unit of Banijay Americas, has snagged the rights to Carlos Fuentes’ vampire novel “Vlad” and is developing a series based on the bestseller with lauded showrunner J.M. Cravioto (“El Chapo,” “Diablero”) attached as both showrunner and executive producer. Jerry Rodriguez, Endemol Shine Boomdog’s senior VP and head of scripted content, and Clara Machado (“The Followers”) are developing the project for Endemol Shine Boomdog. Carl Zitelmen (“No Abras la Puerta”) is adapting Fuentes’ novel for television.

Lionsgate Sound, with a show hosted by 50 Cent about drug lord El Chapo among the inaugural programs. The motion picture group also is planning to bring aboard STX chairman Adam Fogelson as the film studio’s vice chair, an announcement that preceded a report that said Lionsgate was in discussions with STX about a strategic partnership involving theatrical distribution.

Lionsgate is moving into the world of podcasts.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterLionsgate, the studio behind “John Wick,” “The Hunger Games” and Starz, has entered the podcasting space. The company launched a new division called Lionsgate Sound, which will operate as a full-service podcast production company, handling titles for the studio’s film and television business while also overseeing projects for third-party clients.Lionsgate Sound will launch with four shows, including a podcast from rapper 50 Cent.

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Notorious drug lord El Chapo has claimed he is being mistreated in the American supermax prison he’s currently being held in.

Newen Studios’ Spanish divison iZen has launched documentary producer CAPA Spain with Emmy and Peabody-winning director and journalist Tomás Ocaña.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Jacques Audiard will helm Emilia Perez, a comedy that will star Argentinian actress Karla Sofia Gascón , with talks underway with Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Jacques Audiard will helm Emilia Perez, a comedy that will star Argentinian actress Carla Sofia, with talks underway with Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Mexico’s Peninsula Films & Entertainment and Monica Lozano’s Alebrije Prods. have teamed up to produce feature film “El Hombre de la Multitud” (“The Man of the Crowd,” a working title in English) about Mexican tabloid photojournalist Enrique Metinides.His iconic, at times grisly, photos chronicled scenes of accidents, crimes and historical events from the 1940s until 1997 in Mexico.

Apple TV+ has set its first-ever all Spanish-language series Midnight Family from Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín. Cast includes Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma), Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: Mexico, Suicide Squad 2), and Óscar Jaenada (The Losers, Luis Miguel: The Series).

Celebs Go Dating fans will be able to see Rob Beckett in live comedy venues later this year. The man who once compared Blue star Lee Ryan's fashion sense to drug lord El Chapo on the E4 dating show will share more of his unique brand of humour on his 'Wallop' tour.

It seems Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‘s beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro learned a thing or two from the imprisoned former Sinaloa drug cartel leader. She was arrested on Feb. 22, 2021 at Dulles Airport in Virginia for conspiracy to unlawfully import and distribute illegal drugs into the U.S., including cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, according to a press release by the U.S. Justice Department.

EXCLUSIVE: The Biggest Loser and The Day I Met El Chapo producer David Broome is lining up an all-access documentary about the rise and fall of controversial subscription-based ticketing service MoviePass.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLaunched by “El Chapo” producer Camila Jiménez and its creator Silvana Aguirre, L.A.-based The Immigrant is developing drama series with Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante (“Ixacanul,” “La Lorona”) and Spain’s Javier Ruíz Caldera (“Superlópez”).The news comes after The Immigrant made a large splash in October 2019 when Fremantle bought into the production house, acquiring a 25% stake, marking its first major investment in a Latinx company.Jiménez has

fentanyl smuggling in Mexico, scamming in Jamaica and counterfeit money in Peru. The Portuguese-born van Zeller, 44, is a Peabody Award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for National Geographic and Fusion. Her previous documentaries include  “This (Illegal) American Life,” “Soccer’s Lost Boys” and “El Chapo: CEO of Crime.”Van Zeller answered some questions for The Post about “Trafficked.” I’ve been covering the underworld and these black markets for over 15 years.

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo is accusing Sean Penn of using her as a pawn in his notorious interview with drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Del Castillo was present for a meeting between Penn and the kingpin in 2015 for a documentary or film the actress intended to make about Guzman's life.

A new episode of “Red Table Talk: The Estefans” has just debuted, featuring special guest Kate del Castillo.

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia The head of the Sinaloa Cartel, this is a man that you definitely would not want to run into on the street.Even after son Vicente Zambada Niebla and top lieutenant El Chapo were arrested, this reputed Sinaloa Cartel chief, known as El Mayo, is suspected of ruling his region of Mexico.To this day he is said to be one of the most notorious drug traffickers in Mexican history.Félicien Kabuga Accused of financing the Rwandan genocide of the 90s, Félicien Kabuga spent

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, then a foot soldier in the syndicate.“You had a bunch of drug lords sitting around, freebasing cocaine and torturing this guy,” Tiller Russell, director of the new Amazon docuseries “The Last Narc,” told The Post.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Gaumont International exec Ben Bishop has joined Canadian firm Vortex Words + Pictures as President, International Distribution, based in Sydney, Australia.Bishop, who started June 1, joins from Gaumont where he served as International VP of TV Sales for Asia Pacific and sold shows including Narcos, El Chapo, Art Of Crime, El Presidente, and Calimero.Prior to Gaumont, he worked for 13 years at Entertainment One, latterly as Sales Director for

By Peter White