"U.S. authorities have detained a suspected Guatemalan drug kingpin with a $10 million bounty on his head, the Central American nation's U.S. Embassy announced.Eugenio Molina-Lopez is accused of heading up a gang called Los Huistas, which allegedly trafficked U.S.-bound cocaine from South America to Mexican cartels.
He was arrested in San Diego, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California said in a statement, which the embassy in Guatemala City shared on X.
The statement did not specify when the arrest took place.
The 61-year-old known as "Don Dario" pleaded not guilty during a federal court appearance on Friday.
Molina-Lopez is charged with conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, which carries a possible life sentence."
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