Overview
- Baldemar Calderon-Carrillo, 67, believed founder of the Chiapas-Guatemala Cartel linked to Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, was fatally shot by Mexican forces on June 8
- The indictment, returned May 31, 2019, was unsealed June 13 in San Diego and charges 13 Guatemalan nationals with international cocaine distribution and possession conspiracies
- Edgar Yovani Calderon-Carrillo, son of the deceased leader, pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy charges and received an 87-month prison sentence on May 30
- Court filings allege the network moved large shipments of cocaine from La Mesilla and Democracia, Huehuetenango, across the Guatemala-Mexico border into the United States
- The remaining defendants are fugitives as U.S. prosecutors continue working with Mexican and French authorities to pursue the case