El Chapo's wife is arrested

The wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has been arrested in the US on suspicion of drug trafficking, US authorities say. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was detained at Dulles International Airport outside Washington DC. She is charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana. Guzmán is currently serving a life sentence in New York for drug trafficking and money laundering. Mexican journalist Ioan Grillo, who has met her, has the details.

(Picture: Emma Coronel Aispuro, attending her husband's trial in the US in 2019. Credit: Reuters)