Wife of convicted Mexican drug lord El Chapo arrested on drug trafficking accusation nypost.com

The pretty wife of the notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested on international trafficking charges, federal prosecutors said.

Her arrest comes 18 months after the husband El Chapo was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted in an epic drug-trafficking case.

Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested on Monday in Virginia on accusations of participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for importation into the US, according to the report.

She’s also accused of scheming to help orchestrate her husband’s elaborate July 11, 2015 escape from Altiplano prison in Mexico.

Coronel, a dual US-Mexico citizen who wed Guzman in 2007, was a fixture at his high-profile Brooklyn trial two years ago. He was sentenced to life in prison in July 2019.

Prosecutors allege that not only was she aware of his role as the leader of the violent Sinaloa cartel, but she also served as his go-between to help his drug trafficking operation.

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