Washington, United States
a federal judge of the United States postpone for November the sentence of Emma Coronel, wife of the former head of the Sinaloa cartel Chapo Guzmán, who was to meet the week after she pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
“The sentence of the accused Emma Coronel Aispuro currently scheduled for Sept. 15, 2021 at 2 p.m., is rescheduled for Nov. 30, 2021 at 12 p.m. before Judge Rudolph Contreras “of the federal court in Washington, according to official documents.
Contreras, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, Granted the extension on Thursday in response to a request from lawyers and prosecutors for “additional time to properly prepare for sentencing.”
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Colonel, with double American and Mexican citizenship, Was found guilty on June 10 of the three charges filed against him: conspiracy to distribute drugs in the United States, money laundering and transactions with a designated drug trafficker. The 32-year-old former beauty queen faces a minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum life sentence, but her conviction could shorten her sentence.
Colonel, who married Chapo when he was a teenager and had two twin daughters with him, was arrested on February 22 at Dulles International Airport., On the outskirts of Washington, and has since remained detained near the American capital.
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Her husband, 64, was sentenced to life in prison in July 2019 to ship tons of drugs to the United States over 25 years and is serving his sentence at ADX Prison in Florence, Colorado, the country’s largest federal security prison.