Wife of El Chapo admits helping run Mexican drug cartel in US plea deal
by Guardian staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5JXAV)
- Emma Coronel Aispuro pleads guilty to three counts
- 31-year-old says she conspired in husband's 2015 prison break
The wife of the Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo" Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the US and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, wearing a green jail uniform, appeared in federal court in Washington on Thursday and pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiring to distribute illegal drugs, conspiring to launder money and conspiring to assist the Sinaloa drug cartel.
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