ADVERTISEMENT
Emma Coronel Aispuro, a former beauty queen, had served time on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
Joaquín Guzmán and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada were taken into U.S. custody last week after their plane touched down in Texas.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez were arrested Thursday in El Paso, Texas, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a brief statement.
ADVERTISEMENT
Ovidio Guzmán López will face drug trafficking charges.
Emma Coronel Aispuro pleaded guilty in 2021 to helping El Chapo run his drug empire and break out of prison in 2015.
The incident occurred as the commercial jet took off from Culiacán, following the arrest of imprisoned drug lord El Chapo’s son.
Cartel members set up roadblocks, killed security forces, and even opened fire on airplanes.
Ovidio Guzmán is allegedly a prominent fentanyl trafficker.
Juan Orlando Hernandez allegedly partnered with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Mexican cartel.
Her escape-artist husband is locked up in the Supermax in Colorado.
ADVERTISEMENT