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He said Samayoa Recinos negotiated drug shipments through Guatemala with Mexican cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Jim\u00e9nez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mingobguate\/status\/1899807673731715420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted images and video<\/a> of the arrest on social media, showing officers escorting a handcuffed Samayoa Recinos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"arrest-gl149orxqaaayp2.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/224f161d-dbd6-4940-b122-aa9bad7de3a3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20a89b0f6b6c8289c633229c4f35e2c1\/arrest-gl149orxqaaayp2.jpg?v=23322f4fbf0a01b337c42258c443e9ac 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/224f161d-dbd6-4940-b122-aa9bad7de3a3\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/5b38ab3c6537701aad304751db9de1d0\/arrest-gl149orxqaaayp2.jpg?v=23322f4fbf0a01b337c42258c443e9ac 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos was arrested on March 11, 2025, in a operation that was carried out in cooperation with Mexico and the United States,\u00a0  Guatemala officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Guatemala Interior Minister Francisco Jim\u00e9nez<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guatemala also has a case against Samayoa Recinos, so it wasn&#8217;t immediately clear if that case would have to proceed before his extradition would be considered. He was expected to appear in court in Guatemala on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/leader-guatemalan-drug-trafficking-organization-and-guatemalan-politician-indicted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. federal indictment<\/a>\u00a0against Samayoa Recinos was unsealed in Washington in 2022 for alleged cocaine trafficking. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Samayoa Recinos, who is also known as &#8220;Chicharra,&#8221; and his son-in-law were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for importation to the United States. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1484666\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">court documents<\/a>, Samayoa Recinos allegedly conspired with others to import cocaine into the United States from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemalan authorities say Samayoa Recinos leads an organized crime group called &#8220;Los Huistas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">imposed sanctions<\/a> on Los Huistas, calling it &#8220;the dominant criminal structure in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango (along the border of Guatemala and Mexico).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Treasury, Los Huistas smuggles cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from its base in northern Guatemala to the U.S. using Mexican cartels, including the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-ismael-zambada-plea-talks-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa Cartel<\/a><\/span> and the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-cartel-accountants-timeshare-scams-target-americans\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation Cartel<\/a><\/span>. 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