U.S. Raises Surveillance On Emma Coronel After Serving Reduced Sentence

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Emma Coronel, the wife of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, "El Chapo Loera, "El Chapo", was released from prison on September 13 after serving a reduced sentence.

Video translation is as follows: 

This Tuesday the district court of Columbia in the United States issued an order to modify the conditions of supervised release for Emma Coronel, wife of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán Loera. She was released from prison in September after serving a reduced sentence. In the order Judge Rudolf Contreras ruled that Coronel shall surrender to her probationary officer or any law enforcement officer who asks her to do so without the need for a warrant. 

Information about her property, residence, vehicle documents, computers, cell phones, electronic communications devices, data storage accounts, email networking accounts, social media accounts, cloud storage, belongings, and so on under the control of the defendant. At the slightest reasonable suspicion of a violation of her conditions of supervision or of unlawful conduct by her. 

The judge further requires that a signed release of information to check her credit history, federal and state income tax returns. Along with a signed authorization to disclose the information. In addition to this an exact financial statement with supporting documentation for all of her assets, income, expenses and liabilities. 

Coronel spent 2 years 4 months in a prison in Texas and a couple of months in a halfway house after being convicted of conspiring to drug distribution, money laundering, and participation in transactions involving property belonging to a narco trafficker. 

Although Coronel has U.S.-Mexican nationality she was placed under supervised parole for 4 years. During this time she has to report her residence and accept unannounced visits by a probation officer. Among other measures to ensure that she doesn’t reoffend. 

El Universal