Emma colonel, Joaquín’s wife El Chapo Guzmán, was arrested in the state of Virginia, charged with participation in international drug trafficking, the United States Department of Justice reported.
In a statement, the US agency indicated that Coronel, 31, was Arrested this Monday at Dulles airport, on the edge of Washington, and his first appearance in federal court was scheduled for tomorrow DC, via video conference.
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 Coronel Aispuro conspired with others to assist Guzmán in his escape from the Altiplano on July 11, 2015. prison, located in Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico. After Guzmán was arrested again in Mexico in January 2016, Coronel Aispuro is alleged to have been involved in planning another prison break with others prior to Guzmán’s extradition to the United States in January 2017, “the agency notes. statement.
According to the Justice Department, there is a complaint against Emma Coronel for the conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more heroin, five kilograms or more cocaine, 1,000 kilograms or more marijuana, and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for illegal importation into the United States.
The Washington Field Office of the FBI investigates the case, while ethe acting deputy head Anthony Nardozzi and the litigation attorney Kate Wagner, of the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Division of the Justice Department, are prosecuting the case.
In 2019 Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán was tried and he is sentenced to life imprisonment in the Eastern District Court of New York for traffic violations of drugs, weapons and money laundering, derived from his alleged leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel News in development.
Emma Coronel was in court at her husband’s trial, which brought to light conversations between the two and some other aspects of their relationship.
What is Emma Coronel accused of?
According to the United States Department of Justice, Emma Coronel has been charged with crimes related to drug trafficking.
In particular, Colonel Aispuro is facing the charges of charged with conspiracy to trade cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana for import into the United States
The US has been investigating Colonel since 2019: NYT
The newspaper The New York Times assured in April 2019 that the United States had since opened an investigation into Emma Coronel for her alleged participation in Guzmán Loera’s escape from Atiplano prison in 2015.
“She is being investigated for a conspiracy in this country. She is being considered for her part in El Chapo’s escape,” a federal source told the US newspaper at the time.
Emma Coronel coordinated the escape from El Chapo, he pointed To graduate
Emma Coronel and three of Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s children coordinated El Chapo’s 2015 escape, he said. Damaso lopez To graduate, a witness in the 2019 trial of the former Sinaloa Cartel leader.
I met my comadre and he gave me some choressaid the witness. During the second day of the statements of To graduate, revealed that the meetings to plan the escape were also attended by Iván, Alfredo and Ovidio, sons of El Chapo
Dámaso López said a GPS watch entered the Altiplano prison to find out the exact location of the leader of the Sinaloa cartel. To graduate said that after recapture, in January 2016, El Chapo scheduled one new leak that would also be coordinated by Emma Coronel
He said Joaquín Guzmán’s wife had donated $ 2 million to the “director of the decentralized governing body for prevention and rehabilitation” for the new escape.
The Luxurious Life of Emma Coronel
Photos of her twins, baseball, outings, parties and even one featuring El Chapo, are part of the gallery published on an Instagram account in the name of Emma Coronel, partner of drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera.
While the account points out that all other pages in Emma Coronel’s name are fake, the former beauty queen has denied having social networks.
“Yes, they are pictures of my private life, but I don’t cover those pages,” he said in a letter to journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva last month.
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