This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Coronel and the second or maternal family name is Aispuro.
Emma Coronel Aispuro (spanish pronunciation: emma koɾoŋeǀ aizpuɾo) (born on July 3rd, 1989) is a former Mexican-American beauty queen and the current wife of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
Emma Coronel Aispuro | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1989 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | Mexican, American |
| Known for | Wife of El Chapo Guzman |
| Title | Former Queen of the Coffee and Guava Festival |
| Children | 2 |
Early Life
editEmma Coronel Aispuro was born in 1989 in Los Angeles[1], California to Ines Coronel Barreras, a cattle rancher[2] and Sinaloa druglord, 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
editPageantry
editIn 2006, after meeting Joaquin El Chapo Guzman for the first time, Emma Coronel Aispuro put her name in contention for the following year's local Coffee and Guava Festival in Canelas[4]. Each contestant had to throw a party in honor of their candidacy and Emma's took place on Three Kings Day (January 6th) 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
editHenry 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
editEmma 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[5] 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
editOn July 2nd, 1993 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."[6] - Emma Coronel Aispuro during her 2016 Telemundo Special
Children
editIn the summer of 2012, Emma traveled[7] to Longcaster (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[8] for him at the time.
Media Appearances
editOn January 8 2016, Emma Coronel Aispuro gave her first media interview[9]. The exclusive Telemundo interview was titled "The Queen of El Chapo" and was conducted by Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez. During this interview she argued[10] that the life of her husband was in danger in jail and she begged for justice on his behalf.
References
edit- ^ "6 Facts You DIdn't Know About El Chapo's Beauty Queen Wife". www.latina.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "PHOTOS: Emma Coronel Guzman- Joaquin El Chapo Guzman's Wife (Bio, Wiki)". DailyEntertainmentNews.com. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Daly, Michael (2014-02-26). "Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Daly, Michael (2014-02-26). "Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Treasury Targets Leading Figures of Sinaloa Cartel". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Larimer, S. (2016). The glamorous wife of 'el chapo' explains why you should feel sorry for the drug lord. The Washington Post.
- ^ Daly, Michael (2014-02-26). "Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Daly, Michael (2014-02-26). "Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "La entrevista de Emma Coronel con Telemundo - Proceso". Proceso (in Mexican Spanish). 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Larimer, S. (2016). The glamorous wife of 'el chapo' explains why you should feel sorry for the drug lord. The Washington Post.