"Emma Coronel has fond memories of her marriage to Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera, but, as she reveals in a new documentary, she still wonders what her life would have been like if she hadn't married the infamous leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. In the production Married to El Chapo: Emma Coronel Speaks from the true crime channel Oxygen the former beauty queen offers intimate details about her relationship with the drug lord and her life outside of prison."
"In the documentary, Coronel explained that she met Guzman while trying to gather votes for a beauty contest at age 17. At the party, she was told that an important man would be there and wanted to dance with her, but when the drug lord arrived, she didn't recognize him. When I say that, people ask me: How could you not know? How could you not have known if he was even on TV?' But we didn't have one at home, she said."
"Coronel was born in California but grew up in a modest community in the Mexican state of Durango, where, she notes, it was common for people to grow marijuana to survive. From a young age, she normalized this environment and developed a negative view of authorities. I grew up seeing and believing the government was bad. It's like: either you starve, or you do what you have to do to survive, she said."
Emma Coronel recalls a youthful meeting with Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán at age 17 and remembers fond moments from their relationship. She reports not recognizing him initially because her family did not have a television. She grew up in Durango in a community where growing marijuana to survive was common, which shaped a distrustful view of authorities. By the time they were together, Guzmán was wanted, producing a long-distance relationship with occasional visits to his mountain hiding places. Their union was never legally formalized, and she insists she never witnessed his criminal activities.
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