{"id":1069455,"date":"2021-11-30T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T22:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069455"},"modified":"2021-11-30T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T22:00:09","slug":"el-chapos-wife-sentenced-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-chapos-wife-sentenced-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"El Chapo\u2019s Wife Sentenced To Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fel-chapos-wife-sentenced-to-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The wife of drug cartel leader Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n Loera was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison on multiple charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Coronel Aispuro originally pleaded guilty to the charges on June 10, after being arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in February, as The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wife-of-el-chapo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-distribute-heroin-cocaine-marijuana-and-meth\">reported<\/a>. \u201cCoronel Aispuro conspired with Guzman Loera and other members of the Sinaloa cartel to traffic five kilograms or more of cocaine, one kilogram or more of heroin, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, knowing that these narcotics would be transported into and distributed in the United States,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/wife-el-chapo-sentenced-prison-drug-trafficking-and-money-laundering\">US Department of Justice<\/a> said in a statement announcing the sentencing, citing court documents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe also conspired to launder the proceeds of that narcotics trafficking and engaged in transactions and dealings in the property of her husband, Guzman Loera, who the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control had designated a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Court documents cited by the DOJ indicate that from 2011 to 2017, Coronel Aispuro was a co-conspirator in the activities of the Sinaloa Cartel, the drug trafficking operation run by Guzman, her husband. The documents also allege that Coronel Aispuro \u201cplayed a critical role\u201d in El Chapo\u2019s 2015 escape from a Mexican prison, meeting with other co-conspirators to plan the escape and collecting drug proceeds to raise funds for the escape operation. \u201cTo facilitate the escape, Coronel Aispuro assisted in the purchase of a property near the prison and provided Guzman Loera with a watch that contained a GPS tracking device, allowing co-conspirators to dig a tunnel from that nearby property, under the prison, to Guzman Loera\u2019s cell. Coronel Aispuro even relayed messages from Guzman Loera to other members of the Sinaloa Cartel regarding the operation of their illicit activities while he was detained,\u201d the DOJ statement read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras also entered a money forfeiture judgement during the sentencing hearing for $1,499,970 against Coronel Aispuro, the money \u201crepresenting proceeds of and property obtained by Coronel Aispuro as a result of her drug-trafficking activities,\u201d the DOJ statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Coronel Aispuro, 32, was born in California, with dual citizenship between the United States and Mexico. A former beauty pageant queen, she married Guzman on her 18th birthday in 2017, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/30\/el-chapos-wife-emma-coronel-aispuro-sentenced-to-three-years-for-cartel-role\/\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in the sentencing memo wrote, per the New York Post, that Coronel Aispuro \u201cattempted to aid and abet the goals\u201d of Guzman. They claimed that she bribed officials at the prison where Guzman was held to take good care of the drug lord while he was imprisoned, in addition to her role as a go-between for Guzman and members of the cartel and facilitating his escape from prison in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors recommended a sentence of just four years and the previously mentioned asset forfeiture, writing in the memo that Coronel Aispuro had no criminal history and that she \u201cswiftly accepted responsibility for her actions,\u201d the Post reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased with the result and we\u2019re pleased with the court recognizing her very minimal role,\u201d Jeffrey Lichtman, Coronel Aispuro\u2019s defense lawyer, told The Post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife of drug cartel leader Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n Loera was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison on multiple charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering.Emma Coronel Aispuro originally pleaded guilty to the charges on June 10, after being arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in February, as The Daily Wire reported. \u201cCoronel Aispuro conspired with Guzman Loera and other members of the Sinaloa cartel to traffic five kilograms or more of cocaine, one kilogram or more of heroin, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, knowing that these narcotics would be transported into and distributed in the United States,\u201d the US Department of Justice said in a statement announcing the sentencing, citing court documents.\u00a0\u201cShe also conspired to launder the proceeds of that narcotics trafficking and engaged in transactions and dealings in the property of her husband, Guzman Loera, who the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control had designated a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker.\u201dCourt documents cited by the DOJ indicate that from 2011 to 2017, Coronel Aispuro was a co-conspirator in the activities of the Sinaloa Cartel, the drug trafficking operation run by Guzman, her husband. The documents also allege that Coronel Aispuro \u201cplayed a critical role\u201d in El Chapo\u2019s 2015 escape from a Mexican prison, meeting with other co-conspirators to plan the escape and collecting drug proceeds to raise funds for the escape operation. \u201cTo facilitate the escape, Coronel Aispuro assisted in the purchase of a property near the prison and provided Guzman Loera with a watch that contained a GPS tracking device, allowing co-conspirators to dig a tunnel from that nearby property, under the prison, to Guzman Loera\u2019s cell. Coronel Aispuro even relayed messages from Guzman Loera to other members of the Sinaloa Cartel regarding the operation of their illicit activities while he was detained,\u201d the DOJ statement read.\u00a0U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras also entered a money forfeiture judgement during the sentencing hearing for $1,499,970 against Coronel Aispuro, the money \u201crepresenting proceeds of and property obtained by Coronel Aispuro as a result of her drug-trafficking activities,\u201d the DOJ statement said.Coronel Aispuro, 32, was born in California, with dual citizenship between the United States and Mexico. A former beauty pageant queen, she married Guzman on her 18th birthday in 2017, according to the New York Post.Prosecutors in the sentencing memo wrote, per the New York Post, that Coronel Aispuro \u201cattempted to aid and abet the goals\u201d of Guzman. They claimed that she bribed officials at the prison where Guzman was held to take good care of the drug lord while he was imprisoned, in addition to her role as a go-between for Guzman and members of the cartel and facilitating his escape from prison in 2015.Prosecutors recommended a sentence of just four years and the previously mentioned asset forfeiture, writing in the memo that Coronel Aispuro had no criminal history and that she \u201cswiftly accepted responsibility for her actions,\u201d the Post reported.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re pleased with the result and we\u2019re pleased with the court recognizing her very minimal role,\u201d Jeffrey Lichtman, Coronel Aispuro\u2019s defense lawyer, told The Post on Tuesday.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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