Category: El Chapo

LIVE 10/19, at 10:30 AM ET: Supreme Court May End All Gun Control; El Chapo Exposes US Officials in Drug Trade

A recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen could have broader implications than at first appeared. Amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging gun laws across the United States, analysts are now claiming that the top court’s decision could potentially end all gun control laws in…


US Judge Sentences Wife of Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ to Three Years in Prison

WASHINGTON—A U.S. judge sentenced the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to three years in prison on Tuesday, after she pleaded guilty to helping the Sinaloa drug cartel. Before her sentencing in a federal court in Washington, Emma Coronel Aispuro, 32, pleaded with U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras to show her…


Appeals Court Hears Claims of Jury Bias at ‘El Chapo’ Trial

NEW YORK—An appeals court should overturn the U.S. conspiracy conviction of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman because of claims that his anonymous jury flouted warnings to avoid media accounts of the case, a lawyer for Guzman urged a three-judge panel on Monday, catching the attention of at least one judge. In oral…


Mexico to Give Away ‘El Chapo’ Safehouse in Lottery

CULIACAN, Mexico—The house former drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded underwent some changes recently as the Mexican government prepared to give it away in a national lottery. The surveillance cameras that covered every angle of the modest home’s exterior were removed. And the hole under a…


Wives of Chicago Twins Who Cooperated Against El Chapo Plead Not Guilty to Money Laundering Charges

By Jason Meisner From Chicago Tribune CHICAGO—The wives of Chicago twins who cooperated against Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to money laundering charges alleging they helped hide and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of their husbands’ drug proceeds over more than a decade. Vivianna Lopez, 40, also known…


Judge Says Wife of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to Stay in Jail

WASHINGTON—A federal judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain temporarily jailed after she was arrested and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plotting his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, appeared by video conference for an initial…


Wife of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to Remain in Jail

WASHINGTON—A federal judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain temporarily jailed after she was arrested and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plotting his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, appeared by video conference for an initial…


Wife of Mexican Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges

The wife of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was arrested on Monday for her alleged role in international drug trafficking, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the department said. Coronel Aispuro has been accused of participating…