Emma Coronel, Wife of Joaquin the Chapo Guzmán, was arrested in the state of Virginia, accused of participation in international drug trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice reported.
In a statement, the U.S. agency indicated that Colonel, 31, was arrested this Monday at Dulles Airport, On the outskirts of Washington, And his initial appearance in federal court is scheduled for tomorrow District of Columbia, Via video conferencing.
“According to court documents, (Colonel) Aispuro is accused of participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for import into the United States. ” In addition, it is alleged that Colonel Aispuro conspired with others to help Guzmán in his escape from the Plateau on July 11, 2015. Prison, located in Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico. After Guzmán was arrested again in Mexico in January 2016, it is alleged that Colonel Aispuro became involved in planning another prison escape with others before Guzmán’s extradition to the United States in January 2017, “the U.S. agency said in a statement.
According to the Department of Justice, there is a complaint against Emma Coronel by the conspiracy charge for distributing one or more kilograms of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, one thousand kilograms or more of marijuana, and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for illegal importation into the United States.
The Washington Field Office FBI is investigating the case while ithe interim subcap Anthony Nardozzi and the litigating attorney Kate Wagner, of the Dangerous Drugs and Drugs Section of the Department of Justice, are processing the case.
In 2019, Joaquín the Chapo Guzmán was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Eastern District Court of New York for the traffic offenses of drugs, weapons and money laundering, derived from his alleged leadership of the Sinaloa cartel News in development.
Emma Coronel was present in court at the trial of her husband, during which conversations were revealed between the two and some other aspects of their relationship.
What is Emma Coronel accused of?
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Emma Coronel is charged with drug-related offenses.
Specifically, Colonel Aispuro faces the charges of faces conspiracy charges for trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for import into the United States
US investigating Colonel since 2019: NYT
the newspaper The New York Times claimed in April 2019 that the United States has been investigating Emma Coronel ever since for her alleged involvement in Guzmán Loera’s escape from the Atyplano penitentiary in 2015.
“She is being investigated for conspiracy in this country. She is being considered for her part in the Chapo escape,” a federal source told the then-American newspaper.
Emma Coronel coordinated the escape of the Chapo, he pointed out the Graduate
Emma Coronel and three of El Chapo’s children coordinated Chapo’s escape in 2015, she said Dámaso López the Graduate, Testimony in the 2019 trial against the former Sinaloa cartel leader.
“I met with my midwife and she assigned me some tasks“The witness said. During the second day of statements from the Graduate, Revealed that the meetings to plan the escape were also attended by Ivan, Alfredo and Ovid, sons of the Chapo.
Dámaso López explained that a GPS watch entered the Altiplano penitentiary to find out the exact location of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. the Graduate said that after recapture, in January 2016, the Chapo plan one new leak that would also be coordinated by Emma Coronel.
He said that for the new escape, Joaquín Guzmán’s wife had given $ 2 million to the “director of the decentralized administrative body for prevention and rehabilitation.”
The luxurious life of Emma Colonel
Photographs of her twins, baseball, travel, parties and even one with Chapo, are part of the gallery posted on an Instagram account in the name of Emma Coronel, partner of drug trafficker El Chapo.
Although the account notes that all other pages in Emma Coronel’s name are fake, the former beauty queen has denied having social media.
“Yes they are photos of my private life, but I don’t handle those pages,” he said in a letter sent to journalist Ciro Gomez Leyva last month.
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