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The US Department of Justice reports that an alleged partner of the “Chicharra”, an alleged hood of the Flesh Cartel, first appeared in a court in Colorado.
Photography assigned by the United States Embassy in Guatemala that shows members of the Guatemalan authorities and agents of the United States Anti -Drug Department, guarding the alleged leader of the Drug Trafficking Cartel ‘Los Flestas’, Aler Baldomero Samayoa (C) in Guatemala City. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
This May 15 the US Department of Justice. Partner of Aler Baldoremo Samayoa Recinos, alleged capo of the criminal group called “Los Fistes”appeared before an US court. for crimes related to drug trafficking.
According to the US authorities appeared before a federal court of the Columbia district, since on May 14 he would have voluntarily returned from abroad to the American country.
The Department of Justice indicates that in 2017, Flores was accused of importing, in collaboration with other peoplemore than Five kilograms of cocaine to the US from countries like Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
On the other hand, “Chicharra” He was accused of crimes related to drug trafficking in August 2018.
“Flores, Samayoa and its drug trafficking organization, known as the fleeing, acted as a fundamental link in the illicit cocaine supply chain From South America to Mexican cartels and, ultimately, to the US. “
They add that Flores and Samayoa controlled and operated a “Transport network within Guatemala”which, in the words of the US authorities, included warehouses, truck routes and properties located on the border between Guatemala and Mexico.
Leader of Prolific Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Organization and Guatemalan Politician Who Supply Tons of Cocaine To The Sinaloa Cartel Present in Us District Courthttps://t.co/qc1netmhya
– Criminal Division (@dojcrimdiv) May 15, 2025
“As he alleges, Salazar Flores received amounts of cocaine tonnage in his stores in Guatemala City, and Its workers transported cocaine through farms belonging to Samayoa Recinos to Mexico for importation in the United States, “says USA .. UU ..
It was between 2010 and 2014, according to the Department of Justice, which the defendants received Approximately 50 tons of cocaine from Mexico, to distribute it to the US.