Emma Coronel Aispuro was arrested in DC, and charged with drug trafficking
But sources have claimed that she actually turned herself in and was ready to face the charges against her when she landed on Monday
US investigators are said to be confident that putting pressure on Coronel will finally make her turn on her husband, Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán
They believe she has information that could bring down the Sinaloa cartel
Coronel and Guzman married when she was a teenage beauty queen in 2007
Despite her status as the wife of the world’s most notorious drug boss, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Emma Coronel Aispuro lived mostly in obscurity – until her husband went to prison for life. Then, suddenly, she was a presence on social media. There was talk of launching a fashion line. Even an appearance on a reality show dedicated to the families of drug traffickers.
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In this 2019 photo, Emma Coronel Aispuro, leaves a court in New York after attending the trial of her husband Joaquin El Chapo Guzman. Despite her status as the wife of the world’s most notorious drug boss, she lived mostly in obscurity - until her husband went to prison for life.
Narco-soap opera life of El Chapo s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro and how her arrest could spell the end for the Sinaloa drug cartel - if she turns on her husband s associates
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC, and charged with drug trafficking on Monday
US investigators are said to be confident that putting pressure on Coronel will finally make her turn on her husband, Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán
They believe she has information that could bring down the Sinaloa cartel
Coronel and Guzman married when she was a teenage beauty queen in 2007
They went on to spend the majority of their married life with Guzman either in jail or on the run
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Concern was also building among Guzmán s sons and Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael El Mayo Zambada, said Hernández, who was the first journalist to ever interview Emma Coronel. Her mother was also worried that an enemy cartel could harm Emma because she was unleashed, was out in the street a lot, the clubs, excessive in her social life, Hernández said the source told her. Her mother worried something like that could happen or she could become a target of the government.