They released the first photo of Emma Coronel, Chapo Guzmán’s wife, after being arrested in the United States

Emma Coronel, the wife of drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, was arrested on Monday, accused of having participated in a criminal association for drug trafficking.

The police department Alexandria, Virginia, posted the first photo of her after being arrested at Dulles International Airport.

It is expected that this Tuesday Colonel appears by videoconference for a first hearing before a District of Columbia judge. His lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, declined to comment on Monday evening.

The wife of Guzman Loera He is 31 years old and She is Mexican and American citizen. She is accused of participating in a criminal association for the trafficking of cocaine, methamphetamines, heroin and marijuana. In addition, The United States names her as a collaborator in the escape of “El Chapo” from the prison of the Altiplano, in Almoloya de Juárez, in July 2015.

After what Guzman was arrested again in Mexico in January 2016, Colonel is said to have again planned, with others, another escape attempt for her husband. However, he was extradited to the United States in January 2017, so the alleged new theft came to nothing.

El Universal (Mexico)