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Emma Coronel Aispuro was arrested in Virginia on Monday.
Coronel is accused of helping her husband, the drug lord known as El Chapo, run his empire.
Her pursuit of fame may have made her a target for US authorities, the AP reported.
Emma Coronel Aispuro was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Monday.
The wife of Mexico s most notorious drug lord, Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán Loera, is charged with conspiring to distribute drugs for importing into the US, the US Department of Justice said.
Coronel is also alleged to have conspired to help her husband escape a Mexican prison in 2015.