Honduran gangs listed as a terrorist in the US

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Honduran gangs listed as a terrorist in the US

Yulan Andony Archaga Carías, aka Porkyis one of the 10 most sought after by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI, in English), and the US government offers a reward of up to US $ 5 million for information that leads to its arrest or conviction.

According to the Honduran media ICNa confidential intelligence report of the National Police of that country managed to identify telephone calls, orders and the possible location of Archaga between zones 4 and 5 of the city of Guatemala.

The gang member of the Mara Salvatrucha is cataloged by the United States as a terrorist and is indicated by crimes of conspiracy for extortion, conspiracy for the importation of cocaine, possession of machine guns and conspiracy to possess machine guns.

The police report

The letter explained that the Honduran police managed to track telephone numbers, emails and social media accounts.

Intelligence found that the cell phone number was linked to “an email address under the name marasalvatrucha5@gmail.comwhich also proceeded to investigate and track, and could establish its link with an Instagram account under the name of user @diablacontoneland0_3 and telephone numbers “.

The police also began to extract the frequent contacts of the Telegram social network and obtain a location that allegedly reflected that alias alias Porky I was in the “31 Avenida 200, Ciudad de Guatemala”.

“Of the four accounts found, two of them were frequent contacts on July 21, 2023, under the number XXXXXXXXX (SIC), which belongs to Yula Andony Archaga Carías, who responds to the pseudonym Porky. Likewise, the 1A location was extracted. Avenida 200, Zone 4, Guatemala City, ”explained the investigation.

An audio to which the media had access also revealed an alleged call from Archaga with a member of his family.

“We should no longer talk here and the Ñeco does not appear there,” Archaga warned.

They added that the documentation is included satellite maps of the location of the gang member, the time in which the exchanges of calls and audios were performed, and the list of frequent contacts with which it maintained a fluid communication.

The Ministry of the Interior and the National Civil Police of Guatemala were consulted if there were dialogues and strategies with the Honduran authorities to locate the gang member, but the questions did not answer.

Who is Yulan Andony Archaga?

The Honduran had been captured by the security forces of his country in 2015 for the crimes of money laundering and illicit association, but in February 2020 an armed command helped him to escape during an audience.

The Southern Court of New York published in 2021 that Archaga led the MS-13 gang to transgender drugs to the United States. In addition, he had offered weapons and shares of Sicariato to groups of drug traffickers such as payment and protection.

In fact, Insight Crime published in November 2021 that aka Porky It is a leader that has power in Honduras and in other countries.

Zoel Franco, an analyst on security and justice issues, said that the migration of the gang members of El Salvador and Honduras to Guatemala has been recorded for several years.

“It is because of the relationship they have had or established by gangs at the Central American level,” he argued.

He added that foreign mareros arrive in Guatemala in search of projection and to hide from the authorities or enemies in their countries.

He commented that in many cases the gang members of other nationalities arrive in the country to commit a crime.

In addition, he explained that little control in border areas has caused people to enter irregularly.

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