The National Civil Police (PNC) reported that elements of the General Subdirectorate of Anti-Drug Information Analysis (SGAIA) arrested the third extraditable of 2024. This is 35-year-old Melvin Hilario Estrada Flores, aka “Leyo,” who was detained. A shopping center in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango.
According to PNC, Estrada Flores is wanted by the United States District Court for the crime of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 5 kilograms or more of a substance containing a mixture and a detectable amount of cocaine, with intent to illegally import into North America. Country..
The accused will be transferred to the capital to appear before a court hearing a US justice request against him.
Previous cases
Last Wednesday, January 3, authorities reported the arrest of the first extraditable person of the year. This is Luis Enrique Ruiz Morales, 38 years old, who was detained by SGAIA in La Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez.
An arrest warrant was issued for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute a substance containing 5 kilograms or more of a mixture and a detectable amount of cocaine, with intent to be illegally imported into the United States.
Additionally, last Thursday, January 18, the arrest of Victor Francisco Gallegos Mayorga, nicknamed “El Toronto” or “El Baudo”, was reported in Los Amets, Izabal.
A court in the Eastern District of Texas ordered his arrest for drug-trafficking-related offenses.
Information published by the Public Ministry (MP) details that investigations have identified a drug trafficking organization operating in South, Central and North America since at least 2008, which was responsible for the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine into the United States. USA.
US authorities confirm that they identified the requested individual as a member of the organization since approximately 2018 and that he maintained that function until at least August 2022.
He was allegedly responsible for transporting, directing and managing some of the organization’s cocaine-trafficking activities in Guatemala and elsewhere.
In 2023
Last year, police forces managed to capture 20 people with extradition requests submitted by the US justice system for crimes related to drug trafficking.
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