Emma Coronel Aispuro

Emma Coronel Aispuro (Spanish pronunciation: emma koɾoŋeǀ aizpuɾo) (born July 3, 1989) born near San Francisco CA is a former Mexican-American beauty queen and the wife of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.

Early life

Emma Coronel Aispuro was born in the United States^[1] to Ines Coronel Barreras, a cattle rancher^[2] and Sinaloa drug lord, and Blanca Estela Aispuro Aispuro. She grew up in La Angostura, a remote village of dozens only accessible by a rough dirt road.^[3]

Career

Pageantry

In 2006, after meeting Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán for the first time, Emma Coronel Aispuro put her name in contention for the following year's local Coffee and Guava Festival in Canelas.^[3] Each contestant had to throw a party in honor of their candidacy and Emma's took place on Three Kings Day (January 6) in 2007. The day of Emma's party, El Chapo flooded the town with hundreds of armed men and publicly announced his intentions to marry her. That year she was voted the local Coffee and Guava Queen over four other contestants. On coronation day, El Chapo appeared with three bands to celebrate Coronel's crowning. Her reign as Coffee and Guava Queen ended with her wedding to El Chapo. The crown was then passed down to the first runner up.

Television

Henry Schleiff, head of Discovery, is currently in talks with Coronel Aispuro's representatives about participating in a new show called "Stand by Your Con." The show will center around real life fugitives and their wives. Ideally, Discovery would like for her to host and produce the American TV show.

Personal Life and Family Involvement in Criminal Activities

Emma Coronel met El Chapo in 2006 at a party that her father organized. Officially a cattle rancher in La Angostura, Ines Coronel Barreras is said to have cultivated marijuana and opium poppies. Barreras is related to Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villareal, a former Sinaloa Cartel Chief who was killed in a shootout with Mexican Security forces in 2010. Emma’s father was sanctioned^[4] by the United States Department of the Treasury under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation for coordinating drug trafficking operations for Guzman. Emma Coronel’s brother, Ines Omar Coronel Aispuro, was also arrested at the same time as her father.

Marriage

On July 2, 2007 El Chapo and Emma Coronel Aispuro married. Only a few guests attended and the ceremony was surrounded by armed security guards.

"I would say what won me over was his way of talking, how he treated me, the way we began to get along -- first as friends and from that came everything else," Coronel said. "He tends to win over people by his manner of being, of acting, the way he treats people in general."^[5] - Emma Coronel Aispuro during her 2016 Telemundo Special

Children

In the summer of 2012, Emma traveled^[3] to Lancaster (north of Los Angeles) to give birth to twins at Antelope Valley Hospital, thus automatically becoming American citizens. The twins were born around 3:50PM. Their father's name was left blank on the birth certificate because there was a $5 Million bounty^[3] for him at the time.

Media Appearances

On January 8, 2016, Emma Coronel Aispuro gave her first media interview.^[6] The exclusive Telemundo interview was titled "The Queen of El Chapo" and was conducted by Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez. During this interview she argued^[5] that the life of her husband was in danger in jail and she begged for justice on his behalf.

See also

• Joaquin El Chapo Guzman
• Ines Coronel Barreras
• Sinaloa Cartel
• Mexican Drug War

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