U.S. captures alleged drug kingpin with $10 million bounty on his head

Crime Accused drug kingpin with $10 million U.S. bounty on his head captured in San Diego April 29, 2026 / 8:29 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google U.S. authorities have detained a suspected Guatemalan drug kingpin with a $10 million bounty on his head, the Central American nation's U.S. Embassy announced.Eugenio Molina-Lopez is accused of heading up a gang called Los Huistas, which allegedly trafficked U.S.-bound cocaine from South America to Mexican cartels.He was arrested in San Diego, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California said in a statement, which the embassy in Guatemala City shared on X.The statement did not specify when the arrest took place. .@TheJusticeDept anunció el arresto de “Don Darío” Molina-López, líder de la organización criminal transnacional Los Huistas. Gracias al Programa de Recompensas del @StateDept, y con la ayuda del público, más de 75 criminales transnacionales y narcotraficantes han sido llevados… pic.twitter.com/vzHGbuSCsR— US Embassy Guatemala (@usembassyguate) April 28, 2026 The 61-year-old known as "Don Dario" pleaded not guilty during a federal court appearance on Friday.Molina-Lopez is charged with conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, which carries a possible life sentence."Once again, the final chapter for a man alleged to be one of the world's most notorious and prolific cocaine traffickers is here in the Southern District of California," U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said. Los Huistas operate in northwestern Guatemala near the border with Mexico, according to the embassy.In March 2022, the United States imposed sanctions against Los Huistas, describing it as the "dominant criminal structure in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango (along the border of Guatemala and Mexico)."In March 2025, the "top leader" of Los Huistas and one of Washington's top 100 most-wanted fugitives, Aler Baldomero Samayoa -- alias...