The wife of powerful Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman has given birth to twins in a Los Angeles hospital and returned to Mexico , according to a senior U.S. government official . The source asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue . Guzman is wanted by U.S. authorities for leading an operation that has allegedly trafficked hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. over a 20-year period . For his efforts , his cartel has received several billion dollars , according to U.S. anti-drug officials . The Justice Department has issued a $ 5 million reward for information leading to his capture . Guzman , who is believed to be 54 , married 22-year-old beauty queen Emma Coronel in 2007 , officials say . Coronel carries both U.S. and Mexican citizenship and apparently violated no U.S. laws in traveling to California to give birth , the U.S. official said . The source says officials were aware of Coronel 's travels and the August 15 births but kept it secret until a Los Angeles Times story this week reported the news . Copies of the twin girls ' birth certificates leave blank the space for `` name of father , '' but the mother 's name is listed as Emma Modesta Coronel , who was born in California on July 2 , 1989 , according to records with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health . The twin girls were born August 15 in Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster , California , according to the records .
Birth certificates for twin girls leave blank the name of father . Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman 's wife has twins in U.S. . Emma Coronel 's operation is accused of trafficking tons of cocaine into Los Angeles . Wife Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman 's has joint Los Angeles , Mexican citizenship .