Sergio Antonio Duarte Frías

GuatemalacriminalMaleb. 19952.0Global Dominance: 0.00%

Sergio Antonio Duarte Frías is a 28-year-old Mexican national from Culiacán, Sinaloa, who was recently sentenced to six years and eight months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a fentanyl trafficking operation linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. Captured in Guatemala in March 2023, Duarte was a key figure in laundering money generated from drug sales and coordinating fentanyl shipments to the United States. His criminal activities included operating a cryptocurrency-based money laundering scheme and facilitating the direct supply of fentanyl across multiple U.S. cities. His actions were part of a larger network involving the children of infamous drug lord Joaquín 'el Chapo' Guzmán.