WASHINGTON -- The wife of Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, who is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico, was arrested at Dulles International Airport and is expected to appear in federal court in Washington on Tuesday. She's accused of helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015 and was also "engaged in planning yet another prison escape" before Guzman was extradited to the U.S. in January 2017, the Justice Department said.
Guzman was sentenced to life behind bars in 2019. His Sinaloa cartel was responsible for smuggling mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the United States during his 25-year reign, prosecutors said in recent court papers. They also said his "army" was under orders to kidnap, torture and murder anyone who got in his way.
His wife is also accused of participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana in the U.S.
If we can get to Mars and drop an SUV to take some pics and gather dust we certainly could stop all cartels, but Mexican generals and politicians obviously like money and support from these criminals. Corrupt all are. Mexican president shaking hands with el Chapo’s mother?
You think?
Whaaaaaaa 🤓
It had to happen anywhere but Mexico. While the president cynically flaunts his links with El Chapo’s family and disregards every DEA drug smuggling charges against one of its own generals, it is obvious that for justice to be served, it has to happen somewhere else.
They want his money .
Apples don't fall far from the tree.
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