Guatemala City.
The authorities of Guatemala They arrested an alleged drug trafficker extradited by the United States to a town bordering the capital of that Central American country, prosecutors said Saturday.
The woman, identified as Virginia Bourdet Delgado, 47, was arrested Friday night in the town of San Jose Pinula based on a court order issued on December 14, 2020, Juan Luis Pantaleón, a spokesman for the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office).
He specified that it is pointed out in Bourdet Delgado for the crime of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin that would be trafficked to United States.
Pantaleón commented that the Guatemalan is required by the eastern district court of Virginia.
Bourdet Delgado is the first woman among the eight alleged local narcotics detained so far this year in Guatemala at the request of the United States.
In the last week, including the woman, Guatemala arrest four suspected drug traffickers at the behest of this country.
According to authorities Guatemalans, Large international cartels use in Guatemala and the rest of Central America, With the complicity of local drug traffickers, to transport drugs and launder money, which affects the high rates of criminal violence in the region.