El Chapo’s beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, is released from U.S. custody in Long Beach after serving two years on drug charges.
- Authorities confirmed that Aispuro was released in Los Angeles, California.
- She served two years of her sentence in a Texas prison before being transferred
- The dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty to several federal drug charges.
The wife of Mexican crime lord El Chapo has been released in the United States after serving less than two years in prison.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, was released from a halfway house, part of Long Beach’s Residential Reentry Management, Wednesday afternoon.
She was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021 for helping her husband with his multibillion-dollar drug empire.
In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said: “We can confirm that Emma Coronel Aispuro was released from FBOP custody today, September 13, 2023.
“For reasons of privacy, safety and security, the FBOP does not provide additional information about those who are no longer in our custody.”
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, was released from Long Beach residential re-entry management Wednesday afternoon, according to NBC News.
Col. Aispuro, who is a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty to several federal drug charges.
They included conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
She previously asked for forgiveness during her sentencing, according to Telemundo.
A judge in the case issued a forfeiture judgment of nearly $1.5 million in money from illicit transactions.
Former beauty queen Aispuro was arrested in February 2021 at Dulles International Airport.
This is a developing story.
