Wife of drug king 'El Chapo' goes to prison
By Dw News | Updated: Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 16:07 [IST]
Mexico, Dec 01: Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of the notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo'' Guzman, was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday, on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.
She had faced a minimum of 10 years in prison and prosecutors had asked for four years. Since she had no criminal record and was not considered a leader in the organization, nor was she directly involved in any violent acts, she received a lighter sentence.
The judge also ordered her to pay $1.5 million (€1.3 million) in a restitution deal agreed before the hearing. She will also be given credit for nine months already spent behind bars since her arrest. The 32-year-old was arrested in February at Dulles International Airport in Virginia and has behind bars since then. As part of her sentencing, she will also serve four years of supervised release after the prison sentence.
"I express my true regrets for any and all harm that I may have done," Coronel Aispuro said in Spanish before the sentence was announced. "I am suffering as a result of the pain that I caused my family."
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