El Chapo's Wife Is The Star Of Judgment

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Every time there is an interruption in the trial that follows in Brooklyn federal court, the eyes of Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán are directed without exception to the bank of the public reserved for the defense in which his wife, Emma Coronel, sits, at sometimes completely alone.

With headphones to listen to the interpreters, the former beauty queen has not missed a minute of the first two days of the trial against the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, considered one of the greatest in the history of drug trafficking and in which she has become the most media character.

In an Instagram account attributed to Coronel, who is 35 years younger than her husband, messages of encouragement have appeared to the capo under photos of the young woman, who in the past has said that she does not have social networks.

"It doesn't matter what happens," read one of the messages shared after the first day of the trial on Tuesday. “I promised to always be here and here I am. I will love you all my life".

With Guzmán confined to a cell for two years, many of the key witnesses serving prison terms and without cameras entering the courtroom, practically the only images seen of the trial are the entrances and exits of Colonel, always elegantly dressed no matter how cold it is or how much rain falls.

"Well, thanks," he limited to answering People en Español when asked how he felt after these first two days, in which the prosecution has described the father of his two daughters as an implacable drug trafficker who created an empire based on of blood and corruption.

Inside the courtroom, Colonel has been more talkative and has exchanged words in informal talks with the press sitting around him. Thus, the first day it seemed that he had not liked the blue tie that Guzmán wore with his suit, nor how it looked in the drawings of the artists who portray the trial.

Instead, she was more pleased with the purple tie and the wine-colored shirt that accompanied the dark suit that the defendant wore on the second day, which made him look like an executive and was far from the colorful shirt he wore in the video for Sean Penn.

The perfect makeup and wardrobe of Coronel, who has been compared to Kim Kardashian on more than one occasion, has also made her stand out among the rather sober looks that predominate in court.

On the second day she wore an elegant gray blouse and jacket set with a slight sheen and an elaborate embossed print. Her outfit was completed by tight black pants and heels, which had to be removed to pass the safety arch.

Although in court she could not give herself the hug she wanted with her husband, the truth is that they do not lose the opportunity to cross their eyes, which causes a half smile on the face of the boss. Although he sometimes seems to be tempted to do so, the rules prevent him from saying a word to his wife.

Coronel was born in San Francisco, California, although she grew up in the Mexican state of Durango, where at 17 she saw a husband who is now her husband at a dance, according to an interview with Telemundo two years ago. Later, when she had already won a local beauty contest, she began a relationship with Guzmán that culminated in a wedding in 2007.

So far she has said she does not know if she will attend the entire trial against her husband, which is estimated to last between three and four months, or if she will come with her twins on occasion, with whom she has visited the federal court on previous occasions. For now, her only company has been the assistants to the defense attorneys, with whom she has been seen eating in the court cafeteria and who escort her as she enters and leaves court.

What is certain is the impact of their presence in the press. On leaving the court the first day of the trial, he had to take refuge in a restaurant before the siege of the cameras because his car had not yet arrived.

Like any self-respecting celebrity, by the second day he had learned to wait inside the court for the driver to arrive before heading out to face the floodlights.