Thread by @MsMariaT

(4/17/19) Complaint: Guatemalan presidential candidate, Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana, arrested in Miami, charged w/conspiracy to import Cocaine, attempted to solicit funding from Sinaloa Cartel (in xchg for gov positions), and related firearms offenses justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres…

(4/17/19) Miami: Guatemalan presidential candidate arrested on drug charges

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman says Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana promised to let a drug cartel use Guatemalan ports and airports

washingtonpost.com/national/guate…

Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana: "Estrada worked in the admin of former Pres of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, at the beginning of the year 2000...In 2006 he founded the political party Union of National Change, of which he is a member and was gen secty."

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Est…

"The Union of National Change (UCN) is a political party in Guatemala. It was est'd in 2006 [by Mario Estrada].

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared in 10/18 that they are analyzing the cancellation of the party for poss electoral crimes."

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%B3…

Two months later:

"Since in or about 12/18, the DEA has been investigating several individuals (the “Estrada Conspiracy”) who attempted to solicit funding from int'l drug cartels to support ESTRADA’s presidential campaign (the “Estrada Campaign”)....

justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/g…

"On or about 2/27/19, ESTRADA met w/CS-1 and CS-2 on an undercover DEA yacht (the “UC Yacht”) in the vicinity of MIAMI, FL...CS-2 and ESTRADA discussed...their agreement concerning how ESTRADA would support the Sinaloa Cartel’s drug trafficking if ESTRADA were elected president."

"ESTRADA stated...that he was “convince[d] that I’m going to win...and that after he won, ESTRADA would support the cartel’s drug trafficking activities in Guatemala....ESTRADA agreed to accept the Sinaloa Cartel’s cocaine-laden planes at airports and ports in Guatemala."

"ESTRADA also agreed to appoint cartel members to key gov positions. ESTRADA also told CS-2 that he no longer wanted CS-2 and UC-1 to move forward w/the proposed ASSASINATIONS. ESTRADA explained that someone else was going to assassinate one of the potential targets..."

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This meeting was audio and video recorded.

At a later meeting, Estrada discussed, that "risks were mitigated" because crimes could be concealed by using a "luxury yacht," owned by an American citizen, flying American colors.

It was a DEA UC (under cover) yacht, lolz.

Trump is going to have a field day with this.

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justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/g…

"Mario Estrada, candidate of the center-RIGHT National Change Union, who is polling far behind other rivals, is accused...of seeking between $10 and $12M from Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa Cartel to fund his campaign and transport cocaine into the U.S.:

reuters.com/article/us-gua…

US cutting off humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

#TrumpRelectionStrategy

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

I wonder if Mario Estrada [Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana] met with any politicians in Miami?

He's center-right candidate in Guatemala, with not a ton of support.

If anyone sees anything interesting on him, feel free to drop here. ✌🏽🤓