“This is an arm’s length plea agreement,” Lichtman said.
Her attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, said before the hearing that Coronel – who married Guzman in 2007 – hoped to some day get back to their young twin daughters. “Si,” Coronel, a dual US-Mexican citizen, answered in Spanish.Ĭoronel was arrested in February on international drug trafficking charges at Dulles International Airport and remained detained pending trial. “Are you entering this plea because you are guilty and for no other reason?” Contreras asked Coronel, for each of the three counts. Wife of 'El Chapo' to remain behind bars on drug trafficking charges, federal judge ordersĪ former beauty queen with an interest in fashion, Coronel wore a green prison uniform and white face covering Thursday as she told US District Judge Rudolph Contreras – through an interpreter – that she understood and accepted the conditions her plea agreement. AFP / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images Guzman, accused of running one of the world's biggest drug empires, was extradited to the United States on Januand appeared without handcuffs and without incident to plead not guilty to a raft of firearms, drug trafficking and conspiracy charges during a brief hearing on January 20. The couple married after she turned 18 in 2007 and have twin daughters.The wife of "El Chapo", Emma Coronel Aispuro, exits the US Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn after a hearing in the case of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Februin New York. The documents also allege that Coronel Aispuro "was aware of multi-ton cocaine shipments, multi-kilo heroin production, multi-ton marijuana shipments, and ton quantity methamphetamine shipments" and had "understood the drug proceeds she controlled during her marriage" came from the same shipments.Ĭoronel Aispuro met Guzman Loera at the age of 17 through her father Ines Coronel Barreras, who had served as a medium-ranking lieutenant in the Sinaloa cartel.
KENA BETANCUR/AFP/GettyĬourt documents cite a witness in stating that Coronel Aispuro "knew that GUZMAN was a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and that GUZMAN coordinated the distribution of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines, and marijuana for the purpose of unlawfully smuggling those narcotics into the United States for distribution." District Court for the District of Columbia during an initial court appearance on Tuesday.Įmma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, arrives at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York on February 7, 2019. Authorities allege that Coronel Aispuro helped him escape from a Mexican prison in 2015 and was involved in a plan for a second Mexican prison escape attempt during the following year.Ĭoronel Aispuro is expected virtually appear in the U.S. He is currently serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Colorado. in 2017 and found guilty of multiple charges related to drug trafficking in 2019. Guzman Loera, the former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was extradited to the U.S.
She was charged with conspiracy to unlawfully import and distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, five kilograms of cocaine, 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and at least 500 grams of methamphetamines. and Mexico, was arrested at Dulles International Airport on Monday, according to a release from the Department of Justice. Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera has been arrested on drug trafficking charges in Virginia.Ĭoronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old dual citizen of the U.S.
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