Guatemala City
The police of Guatemala caught near the border with Honduras to an alleged drug trafficker claimed by the United States Justice Department, the tenth inmate required in extradition through that country during the first two months of 2021, the Public Prosecution Service reported.
After a police operation on a highway in the eastern municipality of Los Amates, the Guatemalan comes Willian Chacon, 43, was arrested “for crimes of drug traffickingJuan Luis Pantaleón, spokesman for the Public Prosecution Service (Public Prosecution Service), informed reporters.
Chacón, also known as’Pattern“is” required “on extradition by a Texas (southern United States) court accused of trafficking cocaine, the official said.
According to the investigation, between 2018 and 2019, the inmate had the transfer of cocaine for “a drug trafficking organization” operating from South America to the United States, he added.
With the arrest of Chacón, the anti-narcotics forces of Guatemala there are 10 arrests of people requested by US law enforcement in 2021.
On Friday, police arrested suspected drug dealer Gersom Muñoz, aka “Duke” or “Duko”, in the western town of La Esperanza, to appear before a Texas court on charges of drug trafficking.
Authorities say major international cartels, with the help of local drug traffickers, Guatemala and the rest of Central America to transport drugs and launder money, are using activities that erode the criminal violence ravaging the region.
According to the United States, 90% of the cocaine that reaches that country passes through Mexico and Central America in light planes, boats, and even submarines.