A Public Service of Santa Fe Community College
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

El Chapo's "Narco Princess" Arrested for Drug Trafficking

jeso.carneiro
/
Creative Commons

Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of international drug kingpin El Chapo, was arrested at Dulles airport on February 22, 2021 for drug trafficking and conspiring to help her husband escape a Mexican prison in 2015.  Two years ago, El Chapo stood trial for  international drug dealing, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder.  He now sits in a supermax prison in Colorado for the rest of his life.  Through it all, El Chapo's young wife stood by her man.  Will she get bail?  Will she be convicted?  Or will she cut a deal?  KSFR reporter Mary Lou Cooper brings us the story.