Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of incarcerated Mexican kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman, is set to be released from prison in California, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
In a statement to NBC News, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed that the 34-year-old will be released from Long Beach Residential Reentry Management in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
"We can confirm Emma Coronel Aispuro has a projected release date of September 13, 2023," a Bureau of Prisons official said in a statement. "For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not elaborate on specific release plans."
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WATCH HERECoronel Aispuro was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021 after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
In 2021, prosecutors accused Coronel Aispuro of assisting her husband in planning a dramatic escape through a tunnel underneath a prison in Mexico in 2015 by smuggling a GPS watch to him disguised as a food item.
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SIGN UP They had asked for a four-year sentence, arguing she helped El Chapo run his giant drug empire, but U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras imposed a shorter term, saying her role was a small piece of a much larger organization.
During her sentencing hearing, Coronel Aispuro expressed “true regret for any and all harm” as she spoke through a Spanish translator in court. “I am here before you, asking for forgiveness,” she said. She asked for a sentence that would allow her to watch her 9-year-old twin daughters grow up.
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She pleaded guilty to three federal offenses as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. She also surrendered $1.5 million.
The charges include knowingly and willfully conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine for several years. She also pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy charge and to engaging in transactions with a foreign narcotics trafficker.
Coronel Aispuro was arrested in February 2021 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
