Notorious drug lord El Chapo’s Wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, has been jailed for three years for drug trafficking. Emma will spend three years in prison for her role in her husband’s drug operation.
Many expected her to get up to 10 years in a jail term, but that never happened since prosecutors pushed for a more lenient sentence due to her cooperation and plea deal.
Via CNN.
The wife of Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison and four years of supervised release, along with a forfeiture of $1.5 million, in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to her husband’s narcotics empire.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, pleaded guilty June 10 to the charges, and will get credit for time already served.
US District Judge Rudolph Contreras also imposed a $300 special assessment fine for each of the three counts to which she pleaded guilty. The sentencing took place in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Coronel’s attorney Jeffrey Lichtman, also asked the judge to consider the danger she may face because of anonymous federal sources cited in news coverage following her arrest, claiming she was a cooperating with the US government against other cartel members, which Lichtman said was categorically false.
At the end of the hearing the judge said to Coronel, “Good luck. Hope you raise your twins in a different environment than what you have experienced to date. Good luck.”
The judge will recommend where she will serve her time. The defense asked if it was possible she be imprisoned near Los Angeles, where she lives with her daughters.
Rarely does someone beat the FEDS, but Aispuro did. She never snitched, and with time served, she will be out of jail sooner than later. She is being hailed as queen on social media.
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