Guatemalan security forces captured this Friday a Mexican citizen requested in extradition by the United States for alleged links to drug trafficking.
The Mexican was identified as Sergio Antonio Duarte Frías and was arrested in a special operation carried out in the center of Guatemala City, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior (Interior) through its official channels.
Along with the Mexican, but in another area of the capital, the Guatemalan Gabriela Rubio Zea was captured, who is also wanted by the United States Justice, according to the same source.
The detainees are accused by the Court of the Southern District of New York for trafficking 400 grams of fentanyl to the United States, detailed the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor’s Office) of Guatemala
With the capture of Duarte Frías and Rubio Zea, Guatemala adds 7 extraditable detainees during 2023.
Last year, the Guatemalan authorities captured 27 people wanted by the US to be extradited to the US nation.
Due to its geographical position, cHundreds of tons of drugs are moved each year from Guatemala to the United Statescoming from South America, according to the vision of experts on the subject.