‘El Chapo’ wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested at Dulles airport

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Emma Coronel Aispuro in 2017

Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was detained at Dulles International Airport and is charged with conspiring to divide one kilogram or more heroin, five kilograms or more cocaine, 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for illegal importation, according to one new release from the Ministry of Justice.

She is expected to appear for the first time before the US District Court in Washington, DC on Tuesday via video conference.

Prosecutors said Coronel conspired with others to aid her husband in his escape from a prison in Mexico on July 11, 2015. After Guzman was arrested again in Mexico in January 2016, his wife was said to have been planning another escape. the prison before he was extradited to the United States, officials said.

Guzman was convicted after a jury trial in 2019 and sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison.

Jeffrey Lichtman and Mariel Colon told CNN they represent Coronel.

“We’re just trying to get the full extent of the government’s allegations at this point,” Colon said.

Lichtman told CNN he had no comment.

CNN’s Maria Santana, Sonia Moghe and Jay Croft contributed to this report.

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