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El Chapo’s Wife and the Forever War on Drugs

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The forms of our free government have outlasted the ends for which they were instituted, and have become a mere mockery of the people for whose benefits they should operate.
– Americus [1775], quoted in Attention Deficit Democracy

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
September 15, 2023
El Chapo’s Wife and the Forever War on Drugs
When I read this morning that El Chapo’s wife, 34-year old Emma Coronel Aispuro, was just released from federal prison, my immediate reaction was, “Wow! This must mean that the forever war on drugs is finally over. The feds have finally won their drug war and they’re granting amnesty to all the drug-war prisoners of war.” And then reality hit me. There …
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