Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.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 Señora,” the latest music video from Colón, who spent several years working as a defense lawyer for Guzmán 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 to launch her music career under the stage name of “Mariel La Abogada” (Mariel, the Lawyer).“La Señora” features — and pays tribute to — Guzmán’s wife, who was released from prison last year and has struggled to find work.
It paved the way for the two to model together last weekend during Milan Fashion Week, raising eyebrows in Italy and beyond.“(My work) opens doors for me because of the morbid, because of people’s curiosity … They want to understand this,” Colón told The Associated Press. “I’ve always told people that Mariel is a singer who became a lawyer.”The Puerto Rican daughter of a music director grew up listening to Mexican ballads, loving the brokenhearted passion infused in the music.
She always wanted to be a singer, but her family pushed her to pursue a law degree.She began working for Guzmán’s defense team in 2018 after graduating from law school in the U.S.
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