https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/guatemalan-attorney-general-visits-eastern-district-texas
8Guatemalan Attorney General Visits Eastern District of Texas
PLANO, Texas – Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta, of the Republic of Guatemala, joined United States Attorney Joseph D. Brown, Adam Cohen, Director of the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division Guy Baker in the Eastern District of Texas today to discuss investigations and advancements in joint efforts to curtail transnational criminal organizations operating between the United States and Guatemala.
During the meeting, officials discussed the surrender and extradition of Erik Salvador Suniga Rodriguez, also known as “El Pocho.” Suniga Rodriguez was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 13, 2018 in the Eastern District of Texas and charged with drug and money laundering violations. The mayor of Ayutla, a town on the border with Mexico, Suniga Rodriguez surrendered to U.S. Drug Enforcement agents in Guatemala on Dec. 19, 2019 and was extradited to McKinney, Texas. His trial is scheduled to begin in the federal courthouse in Plano.
This is HUGE!