The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, whom U.S. law enforcement officials accuse of helping plot her husband's daring escape from a Mexico prison in 2015, was arrested Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug-trafficking charges, the U.S. Justice Department said. Coronel Aispuro remained in custody, and it was not immediately clear if she had an attorney who could comment on the allegations. Coronel Aispuro is accused of helping her husband, Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, escape from prison in 2015. Coronel Aispuro, a former teen beauty queen, regularly attended Guzman's trial, even when testimony cast her in a harsh light. After Guzman was re-arrested following his escape, Coronel Aispuro lobbied the Mexican government to improve her husband's prison conditions.

Source: CBC News February 23, 2021 01:18 UTC