Guatemala’s most wanted fugitive captured in Chiapas

Guatemala’s astir wanted fugitive, Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, aka “La Chicharra,” was captured successful the confederate authorities of Chiapas connected Tuesday.

Mexico’s Security Ministry processed Samayoa successful Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the Chiapas authorities capital, past transported him to the Guatemalan borderline that aforesaid time wherever helium was handed implicit to Interpol.

Guatemala’s astir wanted transgression captured successful Mexico

The fugitive a.k.a. “La Chicharra” was arrested connected March 11 successful Chiapas, Mexico. The person of the transgression organisation “Los Huistas” is taxable of an INTERPOL Red Notice and was transferred to 🇬🇹@MinGobGuate @FJimenezmingob pic.twitter.com/Yukj9x81d4

— INTERPOL #MostWanted 🟥 #RedNotice fugitives (@interpolwanted) March 13, 2025

The three-month cognition to seizure “La Chicharra” — the alleged person of the notorious Guatemalan transgression pack Los Huistas — was a associated effort carried retired by Mexican, Guatemalan and U.S. authorities.

“La Chicharra” had fled Guatemala precocious past twelvemonth aft escaping apprehension during an earlier signifier of the associated operation.

Guatemalan Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez applauded the apprehension of Samayoa Recinos successful a societal media post, referring to him arsenic the country’s No. 1 fugitive. The fishy faces charges of “illicit association” successful Guatemala.

In summation to being the astir wanted antheral successful Guatemala, “La Chicharra” was sought by U.S. authorities, appearing connected a U.S. database of the 100 astir wanted criminals.

Samayoa and his co-leader Eugenio Darío Molina López are some wanted successful the U.S. for cause trafficking. (U.S. Treasury)

A U.S. national indictment accusing the fishy of cocaine trafficking and wealth laundering was unsealed successful 2022. The indictment links “La Chicharra” to large cause organisation networks, alleging helium was successful complaint of shipping cocaine from the section of Huehuetenango successful the occidental highlands of Guatemala crossed the Mexican borderline and into Chiapas.

In a societal media post, the U.S. Embassy successful Guatemala praised the cognition that led to the seizure of “La Chicharra.”

“Major advancement successful the combat against cause trafficking!” the embassy wrote, adding that the apprehension volition “ensure his swift extradition to the United States.” The connection besides lauded the associated cognition for “strengthening the combat against organized crime.”

Also mentioned successful the indictment is Eugenio Darío Molina López, different alleged person of Los Huistas. The group’s sanction is derived from the municipality of Santa Ana Huista, a municipality successful Huehuetenango.

La cooperación interagencial entre Guatemala, Estados Unidos de América y México, permitió la captura y traslado hacia torres de tribunales del extraditable alias “Chicharra”, uno de los máximos líderes de la organización transgression “Los Huistas”. pic.twitter.com/AF6OTVGScD

— MinGob (@mingobguate) March 12, 2025

The U.S. Treasury is offering US $10 cardinal for accusation starring to the seizure of Molina, who is wanted connected cause trafficking charges successful the confederate territory of California.

Los Huistas, characterized arsenic a convulsive transgression pack by Guatemala authorities, are said to postulation successful cocaine, methamphetamines and heroin, portion besides controlling poppy fields successful the departments of Huehuetenango and San Marcos.

The U.S. indictment alleges that Los Huistas maintained adjacent ties to Mexico’s 2 biggest transgression organizations, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

“La Chicharra” was taken to Guatemala’s Federal Court Towers and is awaiting extradition procedures that could nonstop him to the U.S. However, extradition could beryllium delayed due to the fact that Guatemalan instrumentality requires suspects to look justness astatine location earlier they tin beryllium extradited.

With reports from Infobae, Proceso, Telemundo and Línea Directa