Emma Coronel's Brother Edgar Acquitted for His Alleged Involvement in "El Chapo's" 2015 Prison Escape

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Édgar Coronel Aispuro, brother of Emma Coronel, was acquitted for his alleged involvement in the escape of his brother-in-law Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán from Altiplano prison in July 2015.

He had been arrested back in October 2015 in Sinaloa along with Héctor Carrasco Ruiz, while he was transporting a monkey called “Botas” for his twin nieces, daughters of "El Chapo." Mexican authorities were keeping an eye on where the monkey was being moved to.

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