But the mother throwing the party was not just another loving parent, but the wife of the biggest name in drug trafficking. Although the Justice Department has filed criminal forfeiture papers seeking to confiscate Guzmán’s reported $14 billion in assets, the government has failed to pocket any of the alleged drug lord’s ill-gotten gains. During the party, Coronel announced she and Guzmán were to be married on July 2, 2007 – her 18th birthday. Guzmán’s current incarceration did not appear to dampen the spirits at the Barbie party for the twins. “They have attacked me,” Antonio Tizoc, a photographer who shot the Barbie party and posted pictures online, told the Times.

Source: National Post September 20, 2018 17:10 UTC