Failed hit target faces him in court

A woman who was once marked for death by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman confronted the convicted drug lord in the courtroom — but he couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to her tale of survival.

Andrea Velez was the only person to speak at Guzman’s sentencing in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.

“Today I come here. I am a miracle of God because Mr. Guzman tried to kill me,” Velez said through a translator.

The former head of a modeling agency who also worked as an assistant to one of Guzman’s cartel associates gave no details about the would-be assassination but admitted she’s still haunted by what happened.

“I still have nightmares from when Mr. Guzman used me as bait,” she said about a kidnap mission in Ecuador in which she took part. “Mr. Guzman offered $1 million to the Hells Angels to end my life.”

But as Velez spoke, the convicted kingpin paid her no mind, sipping water and turning around to wave at his wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, who sat in the packed gallery.

Guzman ordered Velez killed after she attempted to bribe a high-ranking law-enforcement official on his behalf with $10 million — an offer the man refused.

“I admit that I sinned,” Velez wept, dabbing her eyes with a tissue as she tried to maintain her composure.

“I’ve lost my friends, my family. I became a shadow without a name. I had everything, and I lost everything.”

During her time with the ruthless Sinaloa cartel, Velez said, she began to think of Guzman and his cohorts as “family.”

“Perhaps I lived in my own skin, what they call Stockholm syndrome. I was seeing a distorted image of my captors,” she said.

But she later saw a different side of the diminutive drug lord when he “reminded me that if I left the organization, I could only do it in a plastic bag, feet first.”

“Mr. Guzman, I forgive you. I hope you can forgive me,” she said.