El grupo segu\u00eda las \u00f3rdenes del guatemalteco Marlon Francesco Monroy Meo\u00f1o, alias \u201cFantasma\u201d, narcotraficante de alto nivel que fue detenido en abril de 2016<\/a> y extraditado a Estados Unidos en noviembre<\/a>. Adem\u00e1s de su presunto rol como intermediario entre los narcotraficantes de Colombia y el Cartel de Sinaloa en M\u00e9xico, Monroy Meo\u00f1o estuvo ligado a esc\u00e1ndalos relacionados con el actual presidente de Guatemala Jimmy Morales y su antecesor, ahora en prisi\u00f3n, Otto P\u00e9rez Molina (vea cuadro de la FGR a continuaci\u00f3n).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seg\u00fan la FGR, la red salvadore\u00f1a se hac\u00eda pasar por peque\u00f1os pescadores, pero en realidad desempe\u00f1aban varias tareas para los narcotraficantes pasando por la costa pac\u00edfica de El Salvador en lanchas r\u00e1pidas. Esto inclu\u00eda abastecer los botes de combustible y protegerlos cuando llegaran a la orilla, adem\u00e1s de vigilar la ubicaci\u00f3n de los buques patrulla. Entre enero y junio de 2016, las autoridades confiscaron unos 400 kilos de coca\u00edna al grupo en dos operaciones de interdicci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los arrestos llaman la atenci\u00f3n sobre el papel crucial que desempe\u00f1a El Salvador, junto con los otros pa\u00edses del Tri\u00e1ngulo Norte \u2014Guatemala y Honduras\u2014, en el sostenimiento de las operaciones contra el narcotr\u00e1fico del crimen organizado mexicano. Seg\u00fan un informe publicado en 2012<\/a> por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDD), los carteles mexicanos han trasladado a Centroam\u00e9rica el 90 por ciento de sus operaciones de tr\u00e1fico de estupefacientes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Noticias y perfiles de El Salvador<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n El Cartel de Sinaloa, en particular, considerado el m\u00e1s poderoso del hemisferio occidental, tiene profundas ra\u00edces y amplios contactos en la regi\u00f3n. En enero de 2015, el Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos design\u00f3 como \u201ccapo\u201d <\/a>(kingpin list) al antiguo jefe del cartel en Centroam\u00e9rica, C\u00e9sar Gastelum Serrano, de quien los agentes estadounidenses creen que ten\u00eda la influencia suficiente para negociar con los principales capos de Sinaloa. Y fue en Guatemala que arrestaron por primera vez al legendario cabecilla del Cartel de Sinaloa Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n,<\/a> en 1993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Las autoridades en El Salvador han capturado a casi dos docenas de miembros de una red criminal con nexos con el Cartel de Sinaloa, lo que pone de relieve la importancia de la regi\u00f3n del Tri\u00e1ngulo Norte de Centroam\u00e9rica para la organizaci\u00f3n narcotraficante m\u00e1s poderosa del 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