El Chapo's Wife Is Expected To Plead Guilty To Helping Run The Global Drug Cartel

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The wife of Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, is expected to plead guilty Thursday to helping him run the powerful Sinaloa cartel and aiding in his dramatic escape from a Mexican prison.

Emma Coronel Aispuro was captured and arrested by American officials as she arrived at Dulles Airport in Virginia in February. The former beauty queen faces charges of participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for importation into the U.S., according to the Justice Department.

Investigators also allege that Coronel played a key role in Guzmán's 2015 prison break when he got out of Altiplano prison via an underground tunnel connecting a hole under his prison cell shower to a nearby warehouse stocked with guns and armored cars. According to court documents, she also tried to organize a second escape after the drug boss was imprisoned a year later.