Emma Coronel Aispuro
Emma Coronel Aispuro | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emma Modesta Coronel Aispuro July 2, 1989 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Beauty pageant contestant |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Inés Coronel Barreras |
| Relatives | Ignacio Coronel Villarreal |
Emma Modesta Coronel Aispuro[1] (es; born July 2, 1989) is an American model and former teenage beauty pageant queen. She is the wife of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexico's most-wanted drug lord until he was imprisoned for life.
In February 2021, she was arrested in the United States on charges of conspiracy to unlawfully import and distribute illegal drugs, money laundering, and transacting business with a significant foreign narcotics trafficker designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Coronel served a three year prison sentence and was released in September 2023.
Coronel was born July 2, 1989, near San Francisco, California, US,[2] to Blanca Estela Aispuro Aispuro and Inés Coronel Barreras, a cattle rancher.[3] She grew up in the remote Durango village of La Angostura.[4]
She entered the 2007 Coffee and Guava Festival beauty pageant in Canelas, Durango, Mexico.[4] Each contestant was required to host a party in honor of her candidacy; Coronel held hers on Three Kings Day. In this event, Coronel reportedly met Guzman who traveled to Canelas to meet her. Both of them agreed to marry that day.[5] Their wedding was held on her 18th birthday, on July 2, 2007 in La Angostura.[6]
References
- ↑ Frieden, Terry; Martinez, Michael (September 29, 2011). "Mexican cartel leader's wife gives birth in U.S., official says". CNN. Archived from the original on 29 Sep 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ↑ "6 Facts You Didn't Know About El Chapo's Beauty Queen Wife". www.latina.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Treasury Targets Leading Figures of Sinaloa Cartel". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Daly, Michael (February 26, 2014). "Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ↑ Dávila, Patricia (February 22, 2014). "Cuando El Chapo se casó con Emma". Proceso (in Spanish).
- ↑ "El día que se casó con Emma". Noroeste (in Spanish). 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014.