Los Huistas

Also known as: Cártel de Los Huistas
Based in GuatemalaActive1990s-presentSourcesLos Huistas

Los Huistas are a powerful Guatemalan criminal organization based in Huehuetenango, near the Mexican border. Founded in the late 1990s, they control a strategic drug trafficking route for cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from Central America to the United States. They have evolved from transporters to producers of methamphetamine and money launderers, infiltrating state institutions. The group operates under a centralized hierarchy and was led by Eugenio Darío Molina-López until his capture in 2026.

CRIMENET has extracted 5 linkages for this organization, including 3 cooperative ties across 3 organizations, 2 conflicts across 2 organizations and footprints in 3 countries.

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ChinaSupply
The group imports chemical precursors from China to produce methamphetamine.
Sources: Los Huistas
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MexicoTransit
The group transports drugs from Guatemala to the Mexican border and coordinates movement of cocaine from Central America into Mexico.
Sources: Los Huistas
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The group controls a route for transiting cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from Central America to the United States.
Sources: Los Huistas