Haroldo Waldemar Lorenzana Terraza is one of the hundred most sought after by the Guatemalan authorities since 2021, and a reward of Q50 thousand was offered to find its whereabouts. The United States is giving up to US $ 5 million for information about its whereabouts, because it is indicated by drug trafficking.
There is also an arrest warrant with extradition request to the United States for crimes related to drug trafficking.
In addition, he is investigated for the death of his cousin Hans Lemus Lorenzanason of Marta Julia Lorenzana and grandson of Waldemar Lorenzana Lima, aka The patriarch.
The researchers said that Haroldito Possibly he is hidden in Huité, Zacapa, where he would have the support of the population to avoid being arrested.
“The way of operating these groups is to have the residents of allies, buying them, asphalting streets and investing in another type of infrastructure,” the researchers detailed.
They pointed out that the residents alert the members of the Lorenzana when there is the presence of the National Civil Police in the sector.
“The settlers are afraid to give information and others have love to the Lorenzana family for the help it provides, but the money is allegedly the transfer of drugs and money laundering,” they said.
The last successor of the Lorenzana clan
Haroldito He is the son of Haroldo Jeremiah Lorenzana Cordón and Dora Estela Terraza López. It is the last successor of the Lorenzana clan that operates in Zacapa and has connections with the Sinaloa cartel, according to the investigations.
Lorenzana Terraza was in charge of the criminal structure after her cousin Hans Broiner Lemus Lorenzana was killed on March 2, 2022, along with two of her bodyguards.
The Office of the spokeswoman of the United States Department, Tammy Bruce, reported on March 25 that a reward of up to US $ 5 million for information that leads to the arrest and/or condemnation of the Guatemalan drug trafficker Haroldo Waldemar Lorenzana Terraza.
Lorenzana Terraza is the grandson of Waldemar Lorenzana Lima, aka El Patriarca, who died in 2021 while serving a 23 -year prison sentence imposed by the US justice. UU., Where he was indicated as the leader of a drug trafficking organization.
According to the State Department, Haroldito “is a member of the drug trafficker Lorenzana, who operates from La Reforma, Guatemala, with traffic links established with several Mexican drug traffickers, including the Sinaloa cartel – a recommended by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization and as a particularly designated global terrorist -“.
He adds that, since 1996, the Lorenzana Drug Trafficking Organization has coordinated the transport, storage and distribution of tons of cocaine from Colombia to Central America and Mexico, for later distribution in the United States.
The DEA’s investigation has led to Lorenzana Terraza in front of two accusations in the Columbia district for international narcotics violations, as read in the statement. He adds that, in the second accusation, Haroldito was indicated as an operator of a continuous criminal company (CCE) and four other defendants were also charged.