El Chapo's wife arrested on drug trafficking charges - as she is also accused of plot to break husband out of prison. The former beauty queen was arrested in February on allegations she relayed messages to help her husband traffic drugs between and and she continued delivering messages to Guzman during prison visits after his arrest in February In July , Guzman escaped from a federal prison in Mexico, through a tunnel leading to the Santa Juanita neighbourhood in Puebla.
He was previously arrested in but had escaped from a Mexican prison with the help of a maintenance worker. In February , Guzman, 64, was convicted for masterminding the drug empire in a high-profile trial in New York.
He was sentenced to life plus further 30 years, and is being held in a supermax prison in Colorado. Watch Live. Drugs kingpin El Chapo's wife faces long sentence after admitting to helping run his empire Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was charged with playing a key role in her husband's prison break in Mexico Drug War Fast Facts. After Guzman was convicted, he signed away the rights to his name so that Coronel could start an El Chapo-branded clothing line featuring his signature, according to Coronel's attorneys.
The complaint at the time of Coronel's arrest cited her alleged involvement in Guzman's escape from a Mexican prison. The kingpin dramatically escaped on a motorcycle through a tunnel that had been dug to his cell at the Altiplano maximum security federal prison.
Coronel brought messages from Guzman to the group that planned the breakout after visiting him in prison, according to testimony at his trial.
In , Guzman also escaped from now-closed Puente Grande prison hidden in a cart filled with dirty laundry. In February , Guzman was convicted on 10 counts , including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to launder narcotics proceeds, international distribution of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other drugs. He is serving his sentence in Colorado's Supermax prison. In Guzman's trial, a cooperating witness testified that Coronel and others worked together to coordinate details of Guzman's last escape.
She continued to act as a go-between while he was in Mexican prisons and aided his two successful escapes, the U. A former beauty queen, Aispuro was introduced to El Chapo when she was 17 and married him on her 18th birthday, when he was Her father, U. She was present during El Chapo's trial in Brooklyn, New York, and she told Telemundo , "I think it's what any wife would do in my place, be with her husband in difficult times.
After the New York Post reported in February that she had agreed to cooperate with federal authorities investigating the Mexican drug cartel's structure, her attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, said the apparent leak jeopardized the safety of her family.
The court documents filed Wednesday gave no indication of any agreement to cooperate with prosecutors.
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