{"id":78045,"date":"2026-04-29T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/accused-drug-kingpin-with-10-million-u-s-bounty-on-his-head-captured-in-san-diego\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:42:58","slug":"accused-drug-kingpin-with-10-million-u-s-bounty-on-his-head-captured-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/accused-drug-kingpin-with-10-million-u-s-bounty-on-his-head-captured-in-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused drug kingpin with $10 million U.S. bounty on his head captured in San Diego"},"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>U.S. authorities have detained a suspected Guatemalan drug kingpin with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/narcotics-rewards-program-target-information-wanted\/eugenio-dario-molina-lopez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$10 million bounty<\/a> on his head, the Central American nation&#8217;s U.S. Embassy announced.<\/p>\n<p>Eugenio Molina-Lopez is accused of heading up a gang called Los Huistas, which allegedly trafficked U.S.-bound cocaine from South America to Mexican cartels.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested in San Diego, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Southern District of California said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdca\/pr\/alleged-guatemalan-drug-kingpin-10-million-reward-arrested-san-diego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, which the embassy in Guatemala City <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/usembassyguate\/status\/2048956290857411034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not specify when the arrest took place.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> anunci\u00f3 el arresto de \u201cDon Dar\u00edo\u201d Molina-L\u00f3pez, l\u00edder de la organizaci\u00f3n criminal transnacional Los Huistas. Gracias al Programa de Recompensas del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@StateDept<\/a>, y con la ayuda del p\u00fablico, m\u00e1s de 75 criminales transnacionales y narcotraficantes han sido llevados\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vzHGbuSCsR\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/vzHGbuSCsR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Embassy Guatemala (@usembassyguate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usembassyguate\/status\/2048956290857411034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 61-year-old known as &#8220;Don Dario&#8221; pleaded not guilty during a federal court appearance on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Molina-Lopez is charged with conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, which carries a possible life sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once again, the final chapter for a man alleged to be one of the world&#8217;s most notorious and prolific cocaine traffickers is here in the Southern District of California,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said.<\/p>\n<p>Los Huistas operate in northwestern Guatemala near the border with Mexico, according to the embassy.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, the United States imposed sanctions against Los Huistas,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing it<\/a>\u00a0as the &#8220;dominant criminal structure in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango (along the border of Guatemala and Mexico).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March 2025, the &#8220;top leader&#8221; of Los Huistas and one of Washington&#8217;s top 100 most-wanted fugitives, Aler Baldomero Samayoa &#8212; alias &#8220;Chicharra&#8221; (Cicada) &#8212; was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/top-drug-trafficker-wanted-us-captured-in-mexico-guatemala-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">captured in Mexico<\/a><\/span> and deported to Guatemala following joint efforts between the two countries and the U.S., officials said at the time.<\/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\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cartel-members-el-chapo-brother-captured-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa Cartel<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jalisco-cartel-leader-el-jardinero-captured-mexico-us-reward\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation Cartel<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>International cartels, with help from local drug traffickers, traffic drugs and launder money in Guatemala and other Central American countries, fueling regional violence.<\/p>\n<p>Ninety percent of the cocaine that reaches the U.S. passes through Central America and Mexico in trucks, aircraft, boats and submarines, according to U.S. 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