In Medellín, where he had been hiding for a few months, Alejandro Zafra Gutiérrez, a Colombian citizen requested in extradition by Guatemala, was captured. According to the Police, the man had arrived in the Central American country at the beginning of 2017, where he began work at Banco Agromercantil as Vice President of the Audit Division of the Bancolombia and Financiero Agromercantil Group (GFA), a position he held until June 8, 2020. However, parallel to his work, the man would have dedicated himself to dark businesses.
The Guatemalan and Colombian authorities have been targeting the man since October 2020. At that time they had indications that Zafra Gutiérrez, a public accountant who worked in the financial sector, would be behind the illegal sale of firearms.
According to the authorities, Zafra would have created a route to traffic arms from the United States to Colombia, passing through Guatemala. The business was as follows: in the United States they bought the weapons that, warmed up, went by routes to the Central American country, where they were stored. They were then shipped to Colombia, where the end customers were. Everything indicates that his clients were the criminal gangs that operate in Medellín.
The Guatemalan police confirmed that some weapons found on the Colombian had not been reported, that is, they did not have a safe-conduct or records of the purchase. Therefore, on September 21, 2021, Zafra was issued an arrest warrant.
With the water up to his neck and fearing that he would be captured, the Colombian left Guatemala and took refuge in Medellín, his hometown.. Despite being in the eyes of the authorities, the man made a trip to Miami in 2022, they were able to establish later.
Zafra enjoyed a certain recognition in Guatemalan high society, where he sat at tablecloths with businessmen. His bad luck was sentenced when, in an anti-drug operation, the police found a shipment of luxurious weapons that were ready to be sent to Medellín.
Now all that is needed is for the paperwork to be completed so that the Colombian is extradited to Guatemala.
