{"id":12404,"date":"2025-03-12T17:36:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/top-drug-trafficker-wanted-in-u-s-is-captured-in-mexico-guatemala-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:36:36","slug":"top-drug-trafficker-wanted-in-u-s-is-captured-in-mexico-guatemala-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/top-drug-trafficker-wanted-in-u-s-is-captured-in-mexico-guatemala-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Top drug trafficker wanted in U.S. is captured in Mexico, Guatemala officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>One of Guatemala&#8217;s most wanted drug traffickers has been captured in Mexico and returned to Guatemala to await extradition to the United States, Guatemalan officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemala Interior Minister Francisco Jim\u00e9nez said the capture of Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos on Tuesday was carried out in cooperation with Mexico and the United States. He said Samayoa Recinos negotiated drug shipments through Guatemala with Mexican cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Jim\u00e9nez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mingobguate\/status\/1899807673731715420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted images and video<\/a> of the arrest on social media, showing officers escorting a handcuffed Samayoa Recinos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"arrest-gl149orxqaaayp2.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/224f161d-dbd6-4940-b122-aa9bad7de3a3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20a89b0f6b6c8289c633229c4f35e2c1\/arrest-gl149orxqaaayp2.jpg?v=23322f4fbf0a01b337c42258c443e9ac 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/224f161d-dbd6-4940-b122-aa9bad7de3a3\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/5b38ab3c6537701aad304751db9de1d0\/arrest-gl149orxqaaayp2.jpg?v=23322f4fbf0a01b337c42258c443e9ac 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos was arrested on March 11, 2025, in a operation that was carried out in cooperation with Mexico and the United States,\u00a0  Guatemala officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Guatemala Interior Minister Francisco Jim\u00e9nez<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guatemala also has a case against Samayoa Recinos, so it wasn&#8217;t immediately clear if that case would have to proceed before his extradition would be considered. He was expected to appear in court in Guatemala on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/leader-guatemalan-drug-trafficking-organization-and-guatemalan-politician-indicted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. federal indictment<\/a>\u00a0against Samayoa Recinos was unsealed in Washington in 2022 for alleged cocaine trafficking. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Samayoa Recinos, who is also known as &#8220;Chicharra,&#8221; and his son-in-law were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for importation to the United States. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1484666\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">court documents<\/a>, Samayoa Recinos allegedly conspired with others to import cocaine into the United States from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemalan authorities say Samayoa Recinos leads an organized crime group called &#8220;Los Huistas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">imposed sanctions<\/a> on Los Huistas, calling it &#8220;the dominant criminal structure in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango (along the border of Guatemala and Mexico).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Treasury, Los Huistas smuggles cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from its base in northern Guatemala to the U.S. using Mexican cartels, including the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-ismael-zambada-plea-talks-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa Cartel<\/a><\/span> and the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-cartel-accountants-timeshare-scams-target-americans\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation Cartel<\/a><\/span>. 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