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Accused Guatemalan drug trafficker wanted in US is captured in Mexico

Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, a wanted Guatemalan drug trafficker, was captured in Mexico and returned to Guatemala for extradition to the United States, according to Guatemalan officials.
Guatemalan Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez confirmed that the capture was a result of cooperation between Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States.
Samayoa Recinos, leader of the organized crime group Los Huistas, faces a federal indictment in the U.S. For alleged cocaine trafficking, unsealed in 2022.
In a social media post, the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala called Samayoa's arrest a "great advance in the fight against drug trafficking" and noted that extradition procedures were underway.

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