Wife of powerful drug lord El Chapo Guzman held in U.S. jail on narcotics conspiracy charges - CNBC

She faces a minimum of 10 years in prison or a maximum of life in prison and a potential fine of $10 million.

The Justice Department accused Coronel of helping her husband pull off a Houdini-like escape from a Mexican prison in 2015.

The Sinaloa cartel boss escaped from a maximum security prison in July 2015 after slipping through a hole in the shower area of his cell.

The 2015 escape was the second time Mexican authorities lost custody of Guzman.

authorities that Coronel provided a Mexican official with $2 million to oversee Guzman's transfer from one prison to another.