A large concrete installation, located at 1299 Seaside Avenue in the port of San Pedro, 10 kilometers from Long Beach, California, is the new residence of Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of “Chapo” Guzmán, who -since May 30- can leave that institution during the day, although according to her lawyer “that does not mean that she is free.”
Although these facilities are different from the FMC Carswell minimum security prison, in Fort Worth, Texas, where the former beauty queen was held since December 2021, after being sentenced to 36 months in prison, “He is still not free, as his movements continue to be monitored” by the guards of the place, and by the personnel of the US Bureau of Prisons, he said by telephone to HIGH LEVEL Mariel Colón Miro, Coronel’s lawyer.
Waiting to conclude her sentence next September, the spouse of the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin Guzman Loera, He has been in this “community confinement” for eight days, which is officially called “residence for social reintegration a complex that, in addition to a large garden, has employment counseling services to which Emma Coronel must attend.
“She is already out of FMC Carswell, but she is not free,” insisted the litigant, emphasizing that her client considers “that she is still in prison”, because -for example- all your phone calls and visits you receive must be approved by the Office of Residential Reentry Management (RRM).
In the same way, the departures during the day -which are allowed- must have a specific purpose related to their process of social reintegration, since all the inmates who arrive at the Long Beach facilities are prepared for this.
There, among other programs that he must complete, Coronel Aispuro must attend help sessions for job placement, which are intended to “rebuild his ties with the community,” according to public information from the community center.
In fact, according to Mariel Colón, Emma Coronel receives the same treatment as the rest of the inmates, which includes not having access to the internet, much less to social networks, although there is a limited service to send and receive electronic messages called “Trulics”, which is a computer system for inmates (The Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System)in which all contacts must be registered and approved by the residence authority.
Future under surveillance
The end of the custody in which Emma Coronel remains, now 33 years old, is scheduled for next Wednesday, September 13, the day on which she will serve 86% of the 36-month prison sentence to which she was sentenced, after plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute and import into the United States heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, as well as money laundering.
However, from that moment on, another 48 months (4 years) will begin to run, in which his legal status will be probation, in which he will have to report to a government agent, in charge of supervising the good behavior that he must maintain. the wife of “Chapo” Guzmán.
During this last period, Colonel Aispuro must refrain from any illegal conduct, not have contact with people who have committed crimes, remain within your assigned judicial district, unless your probation officer gives you permission to leave, and report any changes in employment or address.
Likewise, you must remain employed or carry out some legal productive activity, and stay away from areas where excessive drinking is done, or drugs are used or sold. Any violation of these conditions may revoke your release, in accordance with the US Federal Sentencing Guide.
In this sense, given that she has two twin daughters with Joaquín Guzmán Loera, it is still unknown if -exceptionally- she will be allowed to have telephone or mail contact with him, who is imprisoned in the maximum security ADX Florence Penitentiary Center, located in the state of Colorado, where the capo is serving a life sentence, plus 30 years.
Emma Coronel, who has US and Mexican nationality, was arrested in February 2021 at the Dulles, Virginia airport, because she had collaborated on several occasions with the criminal group to which her husband belonged, charges for which she admitted responsibility in November 2021, achieving a reduced sentence.
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