El Chapo's Wife is a Californian Pageant Queen Reportedly Trying to Evade Police Search and Arrest

In the wake of the ongoing manhunt for drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, his wife is doing her best to avoid the police.

It is reported Emma Coronel Aispuro Guzmán is trying to set-up legal obstacles to avoid a police search and warrant for her arrest since El Chapo escaped a maximum-security prison in Mexico.

El Chapo's wife is a California-born pageant queen who was said to have married the Sinaloa Cartel leader at the age of 18. My San Antonio reports via the Mexican newspaper Proceso, the beauty queen has filed two lawsuits in Mexican federal court to bar her from a possible search and arrest by the police.

The pair are believed to have met when Coronel caught the attention of El Chapo at the regional Miss Coffee and Guava Beauty Contest, according to the Los Angeles Times. Guzman reportedly made it well known that Coronel was the newest apple of his eye. Rumors have even circled that Guzman paid off pageant officials so Coronal would win. The couple dated for a few months before they wed.

Entertainment site PopSugar explains, there are five different reasons, including the way El Chapo and his bride met, that indicate his wife may very well be "linked to the crystal meth trade."

-In 2007, at the age of 17, Emma won a very specific pageant: the Miss Coffee and Guava beauty contest. El Chapo apparently fell for her then and helped get her the crown.

-She married El Chapo on her 18th birthday in an opulent party thrown in the highlands of Central Mexico. He was 47 at the time. She is either his third or fourth wife, as reports vary.

- She is the niece of one of Guzman's former top deputies, Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal, who is now dead. With a nickname out of Breaking Bad, "The King of Crystal" is known for upping the use of crystal meth across the world. He was killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army, during which he killed a soldier. About $7 million in cash was found in the home where he was killed.

- Emma is a U.S. citizen, born in California to an American mother. Thus, she can travel back and forth from Mexico freely.

- She gave birth to twin girls on Aug. 15, 2011, in LA county. On the birth records, the father's name was left blank. During her trip to Southern California, US officials kept tabs on Emma, but they couldn't arrest her, because there were no charges.

El Chapo has escaped Mexican custody twice.