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Emma Coronel Breaks Silence in Oxygen Documentary, Apologizes to Narco Violence Victims

The special delivers her first full account of covert visits alongside a stated lack of knowledge of Guzmán’s crimes.

Overview

  • The Oxygen True Crime film, Married to El Chapo: Emma Coronel Speaks, premiered on November 28 as her first extended on‑camera testimony.
  • Coronel publicly expresses solidarity with victims of narcotrafficking and offers an apology for their suffering.
  • She maintains she was not informed about Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s criminal operations and says she never witnessed violence.
  • Her account describes leaving phones at home, switching vehicles to avoid surveillance, and flying in small planes to clandestine airstrips to visit him in the sierra.
  • Coverage places her remarks after her 2021 guilty plea, 36‑month sentence, and September 13, 2023 release, noting she is rebuilding her public life under supervised release while Guzmán serves a life term in the U.S.