Operation of the National Civil Police in Zone 10 of Guatemala City resulted in the capture of Sergio Antonio Duarte Friasprospective member Sinaloa cartelThis is reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The detainee, a native of Culiacan, Sinaloa, is wanted by US authorities for drug trafficking, as well as firearms and money laundering offenses.
US authorities conducted an investigation, during which Duarte Frias was identified as a money launderer and drug dealer based in Mexico. indictment in the Southern District of New York.
According to a statement from the Department of the Interior, the detainee instructed accomplices to collect money from various drug dealers in the United States.
These accomplices converted the money, which was drug proceeds in the US, from cash into cryptocurrency. Subsequently, the accomplices transferred the cryptocurrencies to portfolios controlled by Sergio, who converted the transferred cryptocurrency back into cash and delivered the money to drug dealers in Mexico as payment for selling drugs..
During the course of the investigation, Duarte Frias also sold fentanyl, which his accomplices were smuggling into the United States.
It should be noted that along with the Mexican, the Guatemalan was also captured. Gabriela Rubio Zeawho is also wanted by United States justice.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, from around 2014 to the present, the detainee worked as a key supplier of fentanyl precursor chemicals from China to drug traffickers in Mexico, including members of the Sinaloa cartel, knowing that such chemicals are used to manufacture fentanyl, which is imported and distributed. in the United States.
Finally, the Guatemalan authorities indicated that with these arrests In total, seven arrests were made in 2023 with a view to extradition to the United States. for crimes related to drug trafficking.
Source: La Opinion
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