El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, is released from US custody in Long Beach after serving two years for drug abuse
- Authorities confirmed that Aispuro had been released in Los Angeles, California
- She served two years of her sentence in a Texas prison before being moved
- The dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty to multiple federal drug charges
The wife of Mexican crime lord El Chapo has been released from US custody after serving less than two years in prison.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, was released Wednesday afternoon from a halfway house, which is part of Long Beach Residential Reentry Management.
She was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021 for helping her husband in his multi-billion dollar drug empire.
In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said: “We can confirm that Emma Coronel Aispuro was released from FBOP custody today, September 13, 2023.
“For privacy and security reasons, FBOP is not providing additional information about those who are no longer in custody.”
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, was released from Long Beach Residential Reentry Management on Wednesday afternoon, according to NBC News
She was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021 for helping her husband in his multi-billion dollar drug empire
Colonel Aispuro, a U.S.-Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty to multiple federal drug charges.
Colonel Aispuro, a U.S.-Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty to multiple federal drug charges
They include conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
According to Telemundo, she previously begged for forgiveness during her sentencing.
The mother promised to teach her daughters right from wrong, saying, “I beg you not to let them grow up without the presence of a mother.”
A judge in the case ordered a forfeiture of nearly $1.5 million stemming from the illegal deals.
Former beauty queen Aispuro was arrested at Dulles International Airport in February 2021.
She helped her husband, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, escape from a maximum security Mexican prison in 2015.
Guzmán, then the head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, was captured and sent back to prison before his wife plotted his escape again in 2017.
Former beauty queen Aispuro was arrested at Dulles International Airport in February 2021
He was convicted in the US of involvement in a continuing criminal enterprise and other counts of distributing tons of cocaine in 2019.
The infamous drug cartel boss is serving a life sentence, plus 30 years for the charges. He has since tried to appeal the conviction.
Aispuro was transferred from a federal prison in Texas to a halfway house in Long Beach, California, in June, ahead of her release.
This is a development story.