By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-05 09:22:51 | Updated at 2024-10-05 11:15:17
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Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colon rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion before strolling past a security guard side by side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly lit room full of slickly dressed men smoking cigars.
All to the roar of trumpets.
The scene is from “La Senora”, the latest music video from Colon, who spent several years working as a defence lawyer for Guzman while he faced trial in a US court.
Now, at a time when regional Mexican music is becoming a global phenomenon, the 31-year-old is leveraging her association with the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel organised crime syndicate to launch her music career under the stage name of Mariel La Abogada (Mariel, the Lawyer).
“La Senora” features – and pays tribute to – Guzman’s wife, who was released from prison in 2023 and has struggled to find work. It paved the way for the two to model together recently during Milan Fashion Week, raising eyebrows in Italy and beyond.
