Category: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

‘El Chapo’s’ Errand Runner—a Key to the Kingpin’s Ultimate Capture—Sentenced in San Diego

By Kristina Davis The San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO—As Mexican and U.S. forces closed in on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera in the winter of 2014, they set out first to find the man they hoped would unlock many of the drug kingpin’s secrets, and ultimately his whereabouts. Characterized as Guzmán’s personal assistant, Mario Hidalgo…


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…


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…


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…