El Chapo wife off hook -- for now -- over banned phone

The US trial of Mexican drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman hit a roadblock Tuesday over allegations that his beauty queen wife had access to a banned cell phone and was using it to communicate with her husband. Prosecutors demanded that the judge punish the defense for lending Emma Coronel a telephone, but he accepted explanations that she had used it for translation purposes only and deferred until next week any decision on sanctions. In 15-page and heavily redacted document issued overnight Monday, the US government accused the 29-year-old of using a cell phone to communicate via one of the defense lawyers with her husband, from whom she is banned from any direct contact.

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