Guatemala: They capture a drug trafficker requested in extradition by the United States

Guatemala captured an alleged drug lord drug trafficking order in extradition for USAreported this Saturday the Public Ministry (MP).

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“Edwin Maldonado becomes the fourth extraditable apprehended during 2023 for crimes related to drug trafficking “declared the spokesperson for the MP, María José Mansilla.

The capture was carried out in an operation coordinated by agents of the National Police on a highway, 122 km northeast of the capital.

The spokeswoman indicated that Maldonado, also known as alias “Pancho”, is required by the Court of the Southern District of Florida, “for the crime of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine.”

According to the report, the Guatemalan received, from January 2018 to March 2022, shipments of the substance sent from Colombia to Central America to be transferred to Mexico and finally exported. a USA.

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The authorities identified a group of Guatemalans who are in charge of buying and distributing cocaine.

According to official sources, large international cartels, with the help of local drug traffickers, transport drugs and launder money in Guatemala and the rest of Central America and generate criminal violence in the region.

figures of USA indicate that 90% of the cocaine that arrives a that country passes through Mexico and Central America in small planes, boats and submarines, among other means of transport.

Source: Elcomercio

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