Current:Home > Contact-usEl Chapo’s wife released from US custody after completing 3-year prison sentence-LoTradeCoin
El Chapo’s wife released from US custody after completing 3-year prison sentence
View Date:2024-12-23 21:12:19
The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was released from federal custody on Wednesday after completing a three-year sentence for helping him run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire, the federal Bureau of Prisons said.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, who pleaded guilty in 2021 to three federal offenses as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, had been moved from a Texas prison to a California halfway house prior to her release. She will now serve four years of supervised release.
Coronel Aispuro expressed “true regret for any and all harm” when she was sentenced after pleading guilty to charges including money laundering conspiracy and engaging in transactions with a foreign narcotics trafficker.
She also helped her husband plan a dramatic escape through a tunnel dug underneath a prison in Mexico in 2015 by smuggling to him a GPS watch disguised as a food item, prosecutors have said. That helped those digging the tunnel pinpoint his location and reach him.
El Chapo, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was recaptured the following year. He was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison in 2019 for a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades. He insisted his trial in New York wasn’t fair and told the judge his case “was stained.”
veryGood! (45919)
Related
- Kentucky gets early signature win at Champions Classic against Duke | Opinion
- 580,000 glass coffee mugs recalled because they can break when filled with hot liquid
- Pennsylvania court will decide whether skill game terminals are gambling machines
- Hiker who couldn't feel the skin on her legs after paralyzing bite rescued from mountains in California
- Colorado police shot, kill mountain lion after animal roamed on school's campus
- How Rickwood Field was renovated for historic MLB game: 'We maintained the magic'
- Horoscopes Today, June 19, 2024
- MLB game at Rickwood Field has 'spiritual component' after Willie Mays' death
- John Krasinski Revealed as People's Sexiest Man Alive 2024
- Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests’ violent deaths in Mexico
Ranking
- BITFII Introduce
- Republican state lawmaker arrested in middle of night in Lansing
- Donald Sutherland death: Chameleon character actor known for 'M*A*S*H' dead at 88
- Citizens-only voting, photo ID and income tax changes could become NC amendments on 2024 ballots
- Will the NBA Cup become a treasured tradition? League hopes so, but it’s too soon to tell
- Crews battle deadly New Mexico wildfires as clouds and flooding loom
- Travis Kelce responds to typo on Chiefs' Super Bowl ring: 'I don’t give a (expletive)'
- Police in southwest Washington fatally shoot man, second fatal shooting by department this month
Recommendation
-
13 Skincare Gifts Under $50 That Are Actually Worth It
-
Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple murders spotted in Arkansas, police say
-
Donald Sutherland death: Chameleon character actor known for 'M*A*S*H' dead at 88
-
Ariana Grande addresses viral vocal change clip from podcast: 'I've always done this'
-
Trump is likely to name a loyalist as Pentagon chief after tumultuous first term
-
Ozempic users are buying smaller clothing sizes. Here's how else GLP-1 drugs are changing consumers.
-
Kentucky attorney general announces funding to groups combating drug addiction
-
McCormick’s running mate has conservative past, Goodin says he reversed idea on abortion, marriage