Emma Coronel Aispuro, a former teenage beauty queen, was convicted on drug trafficking and money laundering charges in November 2021.
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Aispuro is set to be released in September, according to court records, and was ordered to pay almost $1.5 million in fines.
The BOP official told ABC News it's typical for inmates who have exhibited good behavior in federal prison to be moved to a halfway house - also known as a "residential re-entry program" - up to six months before their release.
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El Chapo was extradited in 2017 to the U.S., where he was convicted of a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades.
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He was sentenced in 2019 to life in a U.S. prison and remains jailed at a super-max prison facility in Florence, Colorado.
Aispuro married "El Chapo" as a teenager. She is now 33 years old.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.