Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, aka El Chicharra, was Captured on March 11 in Mexico. He is the highest chief of the poster flees and is requested in extradition by the United States, indicated by drug trafficking.
Samayoa Recinos, together with Eugenio Darío Molina López, directed that criminal organization, which was sanctioned by the United States.
The United States Foreign Assets Control Office (OFAC) He appointed, on Friday, March 18, 2022, to the Organization of Drug Trafficking Los Fistes and its leaders In accordance with the Executive Order (EO) 14059, for drug trafficking that threatens the people and the safety of the United States and Guatemala.
In a press release from the United States Department of the Treasury, published on March 18, it was detailed that the fleets “are the dominant criminal structure in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango, along the border of Guatemala and Mexico.”
The chicharra
The sanction was directed against the organization, the fleeing and its leaders, including its boss, Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, who was arrested in Mexico with the collaboration of that country, the United States and Guatemala.
ALER BALDOMERO SAMAYOA RECINOS is indicated by the United States of being the poster of the flesh together with Eugenio Darío Molina López.
Samayoa was number one in the list of the 100 most wanted in Guatemala. For him, a reward of Q50 thousand was offered, while the United States offered US $ 10 million for information that led to its capture.
What coordinated the Chicharra?
El Chicharra, Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, was born on February 27, 1967 in Santa Ana Huista, Huehuetenango, and is currently 58 years old.
According to the sanction imposed by EE. UU. In 2022, it is mentioned that chicharra supervised the drug trafficking operation, coordinating the transport of cocaine shipments from Huehuetenango, Guatemala, towards the Mexican state of Chiapas.
It was also mentioned that Samayoa Recinos was dedicated to money laundering activities on behalf of the drug trafficking organization (OTD).
Accused of drug trafficking
It was added that, in 2018, Samayoa Recinos was accused of drug trafficking by a court in the district of Columbia, in the United States, after an investigation led by the Administration for Drug Control (DEA).
According to the US signs, Samayoa Recinos and Molina López have since 2012 the flesh, which operates in what that country considers an “area of strategic importance” for being located on the border between Mexico and Guatemala.
Together with these two men, the United States also appointed the then deputy of the Central American Parliament (Parlacén), Freddy Arnoldo Salazar Flores, as he had family ties with “Chicharra”.
It was established that a daughter of Chicharra was married to the parliamentarian.
🚨 We have it
Captured the maximum fleeing leader: Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, aka Chicharra. 🫡🇬🇹
– Looking for #1 of Guatemala and on the list of the 100 most wanted by the US.
An interagential work of Guatemala, the USA and Mexico. 🇬🇹🤝🇺🇸🤝🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/ibwypu2vzx
– Francisco Jiménez (@fjimenezMmorgob) March 12, 2025
What smuggled the fleeing
It is pointed out that fleeing cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from its base in northern Guatemala to the United States, using Mexican organizations such as the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) poster (CJNG).
The United States also assured that fleets produce heroin and manufacture methamphetamines to export them to that country.
The investigation indicates that cocaine, methamphetamine and heroine consumed in the United States are frequently adulterated with fentanyl, which can significantly increase the possibility of overdose and death of consumers.
It is mentioned that escapes control poppy cultivation fields in the mountainous region between Huehuetenango and San Marcos, and have imported China’s chemical precursors to manufacture methamphetamines.
The United States points out that fleeing is a highly centralized and hierarchical organization, which is also dedicated to money laundering.