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The United States detained this Monday Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán, accused of involvement in international drug trafficking, the Department of Justice reported.
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Coronel, 31, with dual Mexican and American nationality, was detained at Dulles International Airport, in the state of Virginia, near Washington.
The defendant is scheduled to appear this Tuesday, by videoconference, before a federal court in the US capital, the District Court of the District of Columbia, according to the statement from the Justice Department.
The wife of “El Chapo“, which attracted media attention when she accompanied her husband during his trial in New York between 2018 and 2019, is accused of” participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamines, heroin and marijuana for importation into the United States, “the note said. official.
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Specifically, Coronel faces a criminal charge for “conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, for their illegal import into the United States”, precise.
“Furthermore, it is alleged that Colonel Aispuro conspired with others to help Guzmán in his escape on July 11, 2015 from the Altiplano prison, located in Almoloya de Juarez, in Mexico, “the statement said.
Once he Chapo“He was arrested again in Mexico in January 2016, his wife planned” yet another prison break “along with other partners, before the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel was extradited to the United States in January 2017, says the Justice Department.
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“El Chapo” was convicted of drug trafficking by a jury in New York in 2019 and is now serving a life sentence in a Colorado maximum security prison (U.S).
Colonel, who has twin daughters with “El Chapo” and went on to create a clothing line based on the controversial figure of her husband, also attracted the attention of the media in 2019, when she assured that she had received several death threats after the capture and release of the kingpin’s son, Ovidio Guzmán López.
EFE
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