Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of infamous drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán “El Chapo” Loera, was arrested Monday in Virginia on charges stemming from her alleged involvement in international drug trafficking. The 31-year-old Coronel, a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen and former beauty queen, was apprehended at Dulles International Airport near Washington D.C. …
Read More »Unsealed Documents: El Chapo Accused of Drugging, Raping Young Girls
A witness testifying against alleged drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán told prosecutors that Guzmán drugged and raped underage trafficking victims as young as 13, referring to the youngest girls as his “vitamins” because he believed that having sex with them gave him “life,” according to previously sealed court filings …
Read More »El Chapo Trial: Details Emerge About Alleged Co-Cartel Boss 'El Mayo'
Reputed cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera has spent much of his time in court focusing on his translator, or craning his neck to get a view of his beauty-queen wife, who dutifully sits in the second row of the courtroom in Downtown Brooklyn. But on Wednesday, as the …
Read More »Did El Mencho's Cartel Murder a YouTube Star?
On Monday night, Mexican social media star Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales – a.k.a. “El Pirata de Culiacán” was shot and killed inside a bar in Zapopan, Jalisco. Rosales, a 17-year-old who found fame posting clips of himself drinking heavily, was reportedly attacked by several heavily armed individuals. His death comes …
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