The rise and fall of a drug kingpin’s wife...
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Emma Coronel Aispuro had a glamorous life in New York, enjoying the benefits of her marriage to drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka El Chapo. Then she was arrested, and thrown in a Virginia jail. What happened to the queen of the drug-cartel world? The windows of the jailhouse, the William Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria, are rectangular slats, cut lengthwise into red brick and it's where Emma Coronel Aispuro is held in solitary confinement, in a tiny cell. Inside, says her lawyer Mariel Colón Miro, she reads novels, "romantic" ones, to pass the time.
The conditions of the jailhouse mark a sharp contrast with the life she once had. A few months ago, she had plans to launch a clothing line, El Chapo Guzman. (The couple have style icon status in Mexico and his daughter has also made a foray into fashion using his name).
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57285786