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 Entertainment | June 2008 
Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek Stayed at Drug Trafficker's House During Filming of Bandidas
 Sofia Diogo Mateus - UK Telegraph
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| | Actress Penelope Cruz, left, and Salma Hayek pose for photographers during a 2006 press conference to promote their movie Bandidas. (AP) | | |
Actresses Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek stayed in a house belonging to a real life bandido while shooting the film "Bandidas", it has emerged.
The stars slept at a drug trafficker's house for several days during the 2006 shoot.
The property belonged to Sergio Villareal Barragán, known as El Grande or the Big One, who is wanted on suspicion of drug trafficking and murder of several police staff.
There is no suggestion that the actresses knew that the ranch, in the state of Durango, Mexico, was owned by Mr Villarreal Barragán.
However their security around the compound was unusually tight, according to Mexican papparazzi.
The information came from an unnamed source under witness protection in the ongoing investigation on Mr Villarreal Barragán, the Mexican daily El Universal reported.
Mr Villarreal Barragán is a part of the trafficking gang Beltrán Leyva, which is part of the Federacion, a group of organised drug traffickers.
Both Ms Hayek and Ms Cruz have released statements denying any connection to Mr Villarreal Barragán, his associated groups or any knowledge of who the house belonged to.
In a statement, agents for the actresses said that "the production of Bandidas arranged the accomodation for all the actores, which is common practice in the film industry".
The statement also said that "Penélope Cruz chose a hotel but Salma Hayek prefered a house because she was travelling with her pet dogs."
"Hayek never knew who owned the house or had any contact with its owners or with anything associated with the rented place, which was paid for by the production company" said the statement. |
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