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She was arrested at Dulles Airport near Washington DC on Monday, the Justice Department wrote in a press release.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, a citizen of the United States and Mexico, is suspected of having participated in a plan to bring a ton of cannabis, five kilos of cocaine, a kilo of heroin and half a kilo of methamphetamine into the United States. . The 31-year-old will be heard in federal court on Monday, writes the US Department of Justice. The FBI is also involved in the case.
The husband is already locked up
The Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán, as “El Chapo” is actually called, was sentenced in 2019 to life imprisonment, plus another 30 years. According to the court, he has been guilty of running a “criminal and murderous” business that brought several tons of drugs to the United States. The drug lord had previously managed to escape from high security prisons in Mexico before he was finally arrested in 2016 and extradited to the United States in 2017.
According to the US Department of Justice, Emma Coronel Aispuro is suspected of helping Guzmán escape from the high-risk Alitplano prison in Mexico in 2015, when “El Chapo” managed to exit the institution in a tunnel. They also suspect that she planned another escape attempt before he was extradited to the United States.