It means trap, lying, fraud and deception. It is also a bit of fishing craft construction. NASA. A garlito can be built with sticks short and thin.
Garlito: Figurative and familiarly, armet, loop, lying in wait.
THIS MAKES THE GARLITO. IT IS AN INSTRUMENT MADE OF WOOD STICKS, TIED WITH VEJUCO, (NATURAL ROPE GUIDE ) FUNNEL-SHAPED WHICH IS PUT INTO THE RIVER WHERE THERE ARE CURRENT TO CATCH SHRIMP, FISH, CRABS, ETC.