The Honduran Byron Ruiz was considered one of the drug lords in Central America and who is attributed more than 100 deaths in Honduras, authorities affirm.
Ruiz Ruiz, known as Blackhe was finalized on Wednesday, February 12 at Km 22 of the road to El Salvador, three years after having completed a sentence in the United States for the transfer of cocaine to that country, but despite his punishment he returned to trafficking drugs, This time from Guatemala, they assure the investigations.
Ruiz reached Izabal where he possibly made alliances with the Berganza Band, a structure that operates in Izabal, Petén and Chiquimula, the researchers detailed.
Ruiz allegedly led the operations that Byron Alcides Berganza Espino And his son Byron José Berganza Roque They directed in the transfer of illicit. Father and Son were arrested between 2020 and 2021 by the National Civil Police (PNC) for having extradition orders to the United States, for crimes related to drug trafficking.
“We investigated the shops where Ruiz was, because they possibly have connection with the structure of the Berganza,” the researchers acknowledged.
Berganza Espino, 63, was arrested by the PNC in an operation at kilometer 20.5 of the road to El Salvador.
The investigations show that Ruiz coordinated the cargoes of cocaine from South America to Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala, were subsequently taken to Mexico and the United States.
Death of Byron Ruiz
The hypothesis that the authorities follow for the murder is a possible revenge, although two lines of research follow.
The first could be treated to an adjustment of accounts by an organized crime group in Honduras.
“Ruiz probably gave information in the US of his enemies and his collaborators to reduce his conviction.”
Byron Ruiz was detained in an American prison since 2019 to 2022 and had been sentenced to five years in jail.
The investigations of the Drug Control Administration (DEA) showed that Ruiz was involved between 2010 and 2017 in the landing of narcoavocetas in the departments of Olancho, Columbus and thank God in Honduras, facts for which He was tried in the US.
The second line of investigation for the death of Ruiz is a territory dispute with another criminal group that operates in the country and that is dedicated to the transfer of drugs, deals with migrants and illegal exploitation of Jade.
Who was Byron Ruiz?
According to the investigations, Ruiz was an operating arm in Honduras of Mexican and South American postersbut after the sentence it became the leader of a structure dedicated to transgender drugs to the north of the continent.
“Ruiz began controlling the drug in those three countries, but he was in Guatemala because here it was where his businesses concluded; They paid him here, ”he acknowledged.
He said Ruiz began having more power after complying with his sentence in the United States.
“His conviction was reduced because he signed a guilt and collaboration agreement with the New York Prosecutor’s Office. He -Ruiz- possibly gave information from his enemies or allies, ”emphasized the free press researcher.
The drug left Venezuela
In addition, he commented that the drug that moved to Mexico and the United States left Venezuela and during the last year the way of operating had changed.
“Coordinated drug transfer in planes, even after its sentence. He changed everything a little over a year ago, he knew that we had begun to investigate the structure where he was linked-Ruiz-, ”he acknowledged.
Ruiz began to have a relationship again with Mexican posters, this time as a leader that controlled drug transfer in Honduras, Costa Rica and part of Guatemala.
He added that Ruiz had as a facade a vehicle sales business that imported from Mexico and the United States.
“We cannot give details about what other Guatemalans and foreigners are involved in the structure, because research is still,” he emphasized.
The media The press From Honduras, he said that the murder Ruiz Ruiz could be related to the disappearance of 12 men on June 10, 2024, allegedly members of a rival group of drug traffickers, in Baracoa, Cortés, Honduras, in addition to another 14 people in the village Las Marías, in fabric, from that country.
“Official sources have indicated that this case is linked to a series of violent events linked to drug trafficking,” he wrote in a journalistic note.
He added that on April 10, 2023, The Premium press He revealed that the drug trafficker continued involved in illegal activities from Guatemala, where he had taken refuge after being deported from the United States and with the support of other members of organized crime.