Emma Coronel's Brother Edgar Acquitted for His Alleged Involvement in "El Chapo's" 2015 Prison Escape
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.
“The accused in his preparatory statement of October 20, 2015 did not acknowledge the content of his ministerial statement of August 22, 2015; Although the mere fact that he denied his participation in the alleged crime is not sufficient proof of his innocence…the federal prosecutor’s office did not provide sufficient evidentiary elements, not even at the level of evidence, to place the accused here in circumstances of manner, time and place, in the division of the illicit under study,” reads the ruling.Despite this, Edgar Coronel remains detained in federal prison as there are other charges against him due to his familial links with the Sinaloa Cartel.
“They hit him, they threw him to the floor, they walked on top of him, they put bags around his neck, they suffocated him, many things that are in his file and in his statement,” Emma said about the arrest.
Coronel Family Connections
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Chapo’s 2015 Prison Escape
On July 11, 2015, just two weeks after the US officially submitted extradition paperwork, “El Chapo” disappeared from view of CCTV security cameras in his solitary cell. It was the second time he had escaped. The first being with the help of prison guards in 2001, just as the US and Mexican governments agreed to an extradition treaty for drug traffickers to see justice in the US.
It was estimated Chapo spent about 15 minutes of time in the 0.7 mile escape tunnel. 3 hours after the escape and discovery of the tunnel, the Red Code alarms were finally raised.
An audio transcript from the video showing his escape from his prison cell was made available later in 2015. The sound of the final construction work to allow for his escape is clearly heard on the video. So while the appearance of his cell and what he’s doing isn’t too forecasted; the federal prison officials who were monitoring this security feed would have easily hear the work being done.
A voice, possibly Edgar’s is also heard coming from inside of the tunnel. Prison guards didn’t look for Chapo in his cell for almost a half an hour after Chapo (and likely much of the loud noise) had disappeared. It took minutes longer from them to enter his cell and locate the tunnel.
Damaso Nuñez Lopez, “El Lic,” the former prison guard who helped in Chapo’s first prison escape in 2001 testified that the tunnel motorcycle was driven by Edgar. They took Emma’s brother from the exit of the tunnel to a warehouse close by on an ATV. He then boarded a small plane and flew to the Sierras.
During this testimony, Emma sat without expression, fidgeting with her hair. Damaso described her as having repeated meetings with him and Chapo’s sons to plot the escape.
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Chapo was ultimately captured in February 2016 following a shootout with Mexican Marines in Culiacan, Sinaloa. 5 of his bodyguards were killed and 6 more wounded. |
Legal Aftermath of the Escape
Chapo’s attorney Óscar Manuel Gómez Núñez was the person who coordinated the escape with El Chapo, authorities in Mexico claimed. He was noted constantly entering the prison to relay messages and provide updates.
His bail was granted after spending three years in prison, is that “escape is not a serious crime”. In Mexico escapes are considered a natural human instinct and not usually punished by law.
He was also accused of being responsible for contacting and transmitting orders to all the participants in the escape, among them Rigoberto Martínez Dávalos or Francisco Ramírez León, buyer of the land where the tunnel was built. And also accused him of coordinating with Lazaro Araujo Burgos “El Juan,” who was responsible for paying in cash for the land surrounding the prison with the site of the tunnel.
Lázaro Araujo Burgos was in also in charge of planning the construction of the tunnel. He received 7 years in prison and his son Jesús Araujo Jiménez received 3 months.
The government had previously detained 7 prison officials, including 2 of the federal police and 2 from the agency CISEN (national security). 4 were released eventually and the others were charged with failing to activate the “Code Red,” delaying notification of the escape, and not following protocols.
Source: https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/06/emma-coronels-brother-edgar-acquitted.html
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