The wife of infamous Mexican drug dealer Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera was arrested Monday at a Virginia airport on drug trafficking charges, federal authorities said.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, has been arrested at Dulles International Airport and is facing charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for import into the US, the Justice Department said in a news release. said.
She also allegedly helped Guzman Loera escape from a Mexican prison in 2015, the department said.
Guzman Loera was convicted in 2019 on 10 charges of an ongoing criminal enterprise and several charges of distributing tons of cocaine in the United States. He was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
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