Leader of Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Organization that Smuggled Multi-Ton Quantities of Drugs Sentenced to 17.5 Years
Date of Publication
2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Transnational Organized Crime
Keywords
drug trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime, TOC, Border Security in CENTAM
Description
According to public documents, Lemus-Lara was identified as the leader of a transcontinental criminal organization that moved multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America via maritime smuggling routes to Guatemala and ultimately to conspirators in northwest Guatemala and Mexico, who in turn imported that cocaine into the United States.
Leader of Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Organization that Smuggled Multi-Ton Quantities of Drugs Sentenced to 17.5 Years
According to public documents, Lemus-Lara was identified as the leader of a transcontinental criminal organization that moved multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America via maritime smuggling routes to Guatemala and ultimately to conspirators in northwest Guatemala and Mexico, who in turn imported that cocaine into the United States.
