(CNN) The wife of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was arrested Monday in Virginia on charges related to her alleged involvement in international drug trafficking, the Justice Department announced. Prosecutors said Coronel conspired with others to assist her husband in his July 11, 2015, escape from a prison in Mexico. Guzman was convicted after a jury trial in 2019, and sentenced to life plus 30 years in a federal prison. Jeffrey Lichtman and Mariel Colon told CNN they are representing Coronel. Lichtman told CNN he had no comment.

Source: The Nation February 23, 2021 00:45 UTC