{"id":1287,"date":"2018-12-15T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2018-12-15T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T11:30:59","slug":"emma-coronel-the-devoted-wife-of-el-chapo-or-a-prop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/featured\/emma-coronel-the-devoted-wife-of-el-chapo-or-a-prop\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Coronel, the devoted wife of El Chapo or a prop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some think El Chapo\u2019s team is using Coronel, and her popular Instagram account and media appearances, as a distraction<br \/>\nThere she is in the cafeteria at New York\u2019s eastern district courthouse, when Judge Brian Cogan adjourns her husband\u2019s trial: Emma Coronel Guzm\u00e1n.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ariana News Agency-\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>There, in the line for mozzarella sticks or a burger, are lawyers defending Ms Coronel\u2019s husband, Joaqu\u00edn \u2018El Chapo\u2019 Guzm\u00e1n, the reputed leader of the Sinaloa cartel, the world\u2019s biggest; journalists line up too, hungrier for an inside tip than anything to eat.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s Emma, at the next table to us on one occasion, nibbling from a plastic container, with two lawyers who double up as soft-power bodyguards. She\u2019ll acknowledge a smile or nod, but no more.<\/p>\n<p>She was censured last week by her husband\u2019s prosecutors for being twice in possession of a forbidden cell phone in the courtroom vicinity, and what court documents call \u201cunauthorized\u201d and \u201cimpermissible contact\u201d with Guzm\u00e1n. The heavily redacted papers say it was made \u201cin concert with an attorney\u201d \u2013 implicating the defence team.<br \/>\nAnd this week, Ms Coronel broke her silence on Telemundo TV, saying her husband was a \u201chumble\u201d man who wants \u201ceveryone to realize how things really are and see it all from another perspective\u201d. The media had made El Chapo \u201ctoo famous\u201d, though: \u201cI think he did like [the attention], he does like it a little.\u201d \u201cWe have a business,\u201d she said, specifying an irrigation enterprise, but \u201cI cannot talk about that because everything in my life makes for scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Emma Coronel, and what is her role?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like the defence team is showcasing Emma and the kids in public\u201d, says Derek Maltz, former agent for the DEA\u2019s special operations division in New York \u201cso people may feel sorry for this man who will most likely be in jail for the rest of his life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4803-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/en\/2018\/12\/4803-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/en\/2018\/12\/4803-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/en\/2018\/12\/4803.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo these people covering the trial really believe in the beautiful love story between El Chapo and Emma?\u201d says Anabel Hern\u00e1ndez, who conducted a first interview with Ms Coronel in 2016. \u201cOh come on. She\u2019s a distraction, and that in itself is important to El Chapo and the lawyers\u201d. But as Hern\u00e1ndez goes on to explain, there\u2019s more to it than that.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Coronel was born in Santa Clara, California, \u2013 a US citizen \u2013 daughter to Ines Coronel Barreras, a medium-ranking lieutenant in the Sinaloa cartel. 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