The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the US and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro, wearing a green jail uniform, appeared in federal court in Washington and pleaded guilty to three offences as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Expand Close Emma Coronel Aispuro, centre, is the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (Mark Lennihan/AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Emma Coronel Aispuro, centre, is the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (Mark Lennihan/AP)The 31-year-old was arrested in February at Dulles International Airport in Virginia and has been in jail since then. As Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Guzman ran a cartel responsible for smuggling cocaine and other drugs into the United States during his 25-year reign, prosecutors say. Coronel Aispuro listened quietly as prosecutors described how they could prove her illegal activity if she chose to go to trial.

Source: Irish Independent June 10, 2021 15:21 UTC