Brian Estuardo Verbena Martínez accepted this Friday, June 26, to be extradited to the United States, where he is required by that country’s justice system for his alleged participation in eight sexual crimes committed to the detriment of a minor under 13 years of age in Orange County, California, judicial sources reported.
The hearing took place in the Third Criminal Sentencing Court, where the Guatemalan expressed his consent to be handed over to the US authorities, who are demanding him for the crimes of kidnapping, rape and other sexual crimes.
According to the extradition request, the events would have occurred between December 5 and 6, 2025 in the cities of Garden Grove and Santa Ana, in Orange County, California.
The US authorities presented the complaint on December 16, 2025 before the Superior Court of California, a process in which they attribute Verbena Martínez to the commission of eight sexual crimes against the teenager.
With the acceptance of the extradition, the judicial process in Guatemala concludes expeditiously and the person requested will be at the disposal of the competent authorities so that their delivery to the United States can be coordinated.
Capture
The National Civil Police (PNC) reported that Brian Estuardo Verbena Martínez, 36, was captured on February 9 in the 3rd. 9-35 street, zone 1 of Esquipulas, Chiquimula.
According to the PNC, the arrest was carried out by investigators from the Transnational Anti-Gang Center (CAT), in compliance with an arrest warrant for extradition purposes issued at the request of the United States authorities.
On that date, Verbena Martínez became the sixth person wanted for extradition purposes captured during the year.
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