Captured in Mexico: Guatemalan Drug Trafficker

Highly Sought-After Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Captured in Mexico.
Reported by EFE.
Here are the details.

Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, known as «Chicharra,» one of the leaders of the Guatemalan cartel ‘Los Huistas’ and one of the 100 most wanted criminals by the United States, was captured this Wednesday in Chiapas, Mexico, and subsequently handed over to Guatemalan authorities.

The Minister of the Interior of Guatemala, Francisco Jiménez, confirmed the detention through his social networks.

He highlighted that the capture was possible thanks to a joint operation between the authorities of Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States.

«Interagency cooperation allowed the capture and transfer to the Torres de Tribunales of the extraditable alias ‘Chicharra,’ one of the top leaders of the criminal organization ‘Los Huistas’,» stated the Ministry of the Interior in a press release.

Highly Sought-After Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Captured in Mexico

#EnElPaísDCA | At a press conference, the Minister of the Interior, Francisco Jiménez provided information related to the capture of Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, alias Chicharra.

Jiménez highlighted that the apprehension of the top leader of Los Huistas is the result of the efforts… pic.twitter.com/bojkmboven

— Diario de Centro América (@DiariodeCA) March 12, 2025

After being handed over by the Mexican authorities, Baldomero Samayoa Recinos was transported by air to the Guatemalan Air Force and subsequently taken to the Torre de Tribunales in Guatemala City, where he will face his judicial process.

Upon arrival, the detainee told EFE that he is «calm» and that he «prefers being detained rather than having run into any other type of bad luck as happens in this kind of life.»

When asked about the U.S. extradition request on drug trafficking charges, Samayoa responded, «The United States is doing its job, and I did mine,» and assured that he will accept the charges imputed.

‘Los Huistas,’ a criminal organization from Huehuetenango in northern Guatemala, is noted for its involvement in cocaine trafficking and its connections with the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels.

Continued Captures for Extraditables from Guatemala

Mexico: Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, known as Chicharra, a suspected leader of the Los Huistas cartel, has been captured in Chiapas, Mexico. The Los Huistas cartel is a significant drug trafficking organization based in Guatemala, known for distributing large quantities of… pic.twitter.com/ohaotgns5V

— Crime Intel (@WorldCrimeIntel) March 12, 2025

Since 2012, the group has been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury due to its illicit activities and alleged connections with Guatemalan politicians.

The detention of Baldomero Samayoa Recinos adds to a series of captures of extraditables conducted by Guatemala so far in 2025, mainly related to drug trafficking.

Reported by the news agency EFE.

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