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Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, would plead guilty to drug trafficking charges before a federal court in Washington this Thursday, according to
The New York Times
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Emma Coronel's attorney, Mariel Colón, told CNN affiliate Univision Noticias last week that Coronel would seek to reach an agreement with US prosecutors.
"We are trying to see how we can reach a plea deal, but it would not include cooperation with authorities," Colón said.
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Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia for conspiracy to distribute a kilo or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for import. illegal to the country, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
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Prosecutors also said Coronel Aispuro conspired with others to aid her husband in his July 11, 2015 escape from a prison in Mexico.
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El 'Chapo' Guzmán was found guilty after a jury trial in 2019 and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in federal prison.
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Emma Coronel Aispuro, arriving at Brooklyn Federal Court in January 2019 in New York.
The trial began in November 2018. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)
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"Every time Joaquín Guzmán Loera entered the courtroom, the first thing he did was look at the public to see if his wife Emma Coronel and their daughters were present," says Yilber Vega, CNN correspondent in New York. (JOHANNES EISELE / AFP via Getty Images)
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Emma Coronel Aispuro was 17 years old when she was crowned queen of the Coffee and Guava Fair in Durango.
There he met Guzmán Loera.
It was love at first sight, according to versions of those who were there.
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Emma Coronel would plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court in Washington on Thursday, according to The New York Times.
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Colonel has been in a Virginia prison since February this year, and according to the United States Department of Justice, he faces charges related to his alleged involvement in international drug trafficking.
Emma Coronel: controversy and life of the Chapo Guzmán couple
El Chapo Guzmán was sentenced in 2019 to life imprisonment plus 30 years on 10 charges, including drug trafficking, money laundering and conspiracy to murder.
María Santana contributed to this report.
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