‘El Chapo’ woman Emma Colonel Aispuro arrested at Dulles airport

‘El Chapo’ woman Emma Colonel Aispuro arrested at Dulles airport

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Emma Coronel Aispuro in 2017

Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested at Dulles International Airport and faces charges of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 500 grams or more of meth for illegal importation for the country, according to a new note from the Department of Justice.

She is due to make her first appearance on Tuesday at the United States District Court in Washington, DC, via videoconference.

Prosecutors said Colonel conspired with others to help her husband escape the July 11, 2015, arrest of a prison in Mexico. After Guzman was arrested again in Mexico in January 2016, his wife is said to have been involved in planning another escape from prison before he was extradited to the United States, officials said.

Guzman was convicted after a 2019 jury trial and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in federal prison.

Jeffrey Lichtman and Mariel Colon told CNN that they are representing Colonel.

“We are just trying to get the full scope of the government’s allegations right now,” said Colon.

Lichtman told CNN that he had no comment.

CNN’s Maria Santana, Sonia Moghe and Jay Croft contributed to this report.

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