Wife of “El Chapo” expected to plead guilty to helping him run drug empire
The wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will this week plead guilty to helping her husband smuggle narcotics, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested by US authorities at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington in February on suspicion of aiding her husband’s drug trafficking busines
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested by US authorities at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington in February on suspicion of aiding her husband’s drug trafficking business
The former beauty queen was slapped with one charge of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for importation into the United State
She will enter a guilty plea in court in Washington on Thursday, the source told AFP. A guilty plea could help reduce her sentence
Multiple US media also reported that Coronel would admit her role in her husband’s criminal activities
Guzman was the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug trafficking group
He ran an operation that delivered hundreds of tons of narcotics into the United States and was behind multiple murders of those who crossed him, according to court filing
Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested by US authorities on drug trafficking charge
Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested by US authorities on drug trafficking charge
He was extradited to the United States in 2017 to stand trial, and was convicted and sentenced to life in prison two years later
Coronel, according to the Justice Department, took part in cartel activities and also allegedly assisted in two plots to help Guzman escape from Mexican prison, including the successful first one in 201
A dual US-Mexico citizen and the mother of twins by Guzman, Coronel, 32 years younger than her husband, appeared in court nearly every day of his three-month trial in New York
She had been barred from all contact with him during more than two years of pre-trial detention
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