Emma Coronel Aispuro
Emma Coronel Aispuro | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emma Modesta Coronel Aispuro July 2, 1989 |
| Occupation(s) | Beauty pageant contestant and model |
| Spouse | [a] |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Inés Coronel Barreras (father) |
| Relatives | Ignacio Coronel Villarreal (uncle) |
Emma Modesta Coronel Aispuro (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 powerful drug lord and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.[1][2]
Biography
[change | change source]Coronel was born July 2, 1989, near San Francisco, California, US,[3] to Blanca Estela Aispuro Aispuro and Inés Coronel Barreras, a cattle rancher.[4] She grew up in the remote Durango village of La Angostura, and has one sister named, Claudia Coronel Aispuro.[5]
She entered the 2007 Coffee and Guava Festival beauty pageant in Canelas, Durango, Mexico.[5] 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 Guzmán who traveled to Canelas to meet her. Both of them agreed to marry that day.[6] Their wedding was held on her 18th birthday, on July 2, 2007 in La Angostura.[7]
In 2011, Coronel traveled to Lancaster, California, to give birth to twin girls, María Joaquina and Emali Guadalupe, at Antelope Valley Hospital. Guzmán's name was left off the children's birth certificates as he was a wanted fugitive in Mexico and the United States.[8]
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.[9][10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Who Is Emma Coronel Aispuro? Meet El Chapo's Wife". ELLE. 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ↑ Dickson, Ej (2019-03-03). "Emma Coronel Aispuro: Who Is the Real Mrs. El Chapo?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro sentenced to three years in US prison". The Guardian. 2021-11-30. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Since his conviction in February 2019, Emma and Guzmán have been separated since 17 July 2019, as he's currently incarcerated at ADX Florence serving a life sentence. Despite this, Emma and Guzmán still remain legally married.
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