{"id":4892,"date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=4892"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:20:28","slug":"juan-alberto-ortiz-lopez-juan-chamale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-guatemala\/juan-alberto-ortiz-lopez-juan-chamale\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Alberto Ortiz L\u00f3pez, alias ‘Juan Chamal\u00e9’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hasta su captura en marzo de 2011, Juan Alberto Ortiz L\u00f3pez, alias \u201cJuan Chamal\u00e9<\/a>\u201c, era considerado por la DEA el principal narcotraficante de Guatemala<\/a>. En su pa\u00eds era conocido como el \u201cRey de la Hero\u00edna\u201d <\/a>y se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como un enlace clave del Cartel de Sinaloa<\/a> en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ortiz estaba fuertemente involucrado en el tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna, y fue acusado por las autoridades estadounidenses de movilizar hasta 40 toneladas de coca\u00edna por Centroam\u00e9rica en su camino hacia Estados Unidos. Juan Chamal\u00e9 trabajaba con pescadores locales para traficar coca\u00edna en botes peque\u00f1os<\/a> y tambi\u00e9n habr\u00eda fabricado semisumergibles para transportar la droga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ortiz tambi\u00e9n controlaba una de las principales \u00e1reas productoras de opio de amapola en el departamento de San Marcos, donde era una figura popular. Tras su arresto en 2011, los habitantes locales se manifestaron pidiendo su liberaci\u00f3n<\/a>; Chamal\u00e9 era el propietario de al menos diez predios en su \u00e1rea de operaciones, donde era fuente de empleo y se ganaba el apoyo popular organizando fiestas y concursos de belleza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actividades criminales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ortiz estuvo involucrado en el tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna y en el manejo de cultivos de amapola para la producci\u00f3n de hero\u00edna<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geograf\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ortiz estableci\u00f3 su red criminal en el departamento de San Marcos, uno de los m\u00e1s importantes de Guatemala<\/a> debido a su proximidad con las zonas monta\u00f1osas, a M\u00e9xico <\/a>y a la costa Pac\u00edfica, donde desembarcan la mayor\u00eda de las drogas provenientes de Suram\u00e9rica. Su poder se concentr\u00f3 en el municipio de San Martin, al norte del departamento, desde donde pod\u00eda controlar la producci\u00f3n de marihuana y opio, as\u00ed como el movimiento de coca\u00edna hacia el norte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aliados y enemigos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ortiz ejerci\u00f3 una fuerte influencia sobre los pol\u00edticos y la polic\u00eda locales y utilizaba el gran apoyo con el que contaba en la comunidad para realizar sus negocios. Se presume que lleg\u00f3 a un acuerdo con el Cartel de Sinaloa<\/a> para ayudar al grupo a mover la droga que llegaba a la costa del Pac\u00edfico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perspectivas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ortiz fue arrestado en marzo de 2011<\/a> en la ciudad de Quetzaltenango, cerca de la frontera con M\u00e9xico<\/a>. Una corte guatemalteca aprob\u00f3 en febrero del 2012 la extradici\u00f3n de Juan Chamal\u00e9 a los Estados Unidos<\/a> por cargos de narcotr\u00e1fico. Fue extraditado en mayo de 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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