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TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS
US justice yesterday accused four Hondurans of drug trafficking, including two figures related to the country's political life.
The Narcotics Control Agency (DEA, by and The Manhattan District Attorney's Office yesterday announced charges in federal court in New York, United States.
The first is the former deputy of Liberal Party ] by Colón, Midence Oquely Martínez parent of the family clan Rivera Maradiaga , better known as Los Cachiros
"Martínez Turcios was a member of a violent organization Honduran Drug Trafficking known as Los Cachiros . 2004 and about 2014, Martinez received more than a million dollars in bribes and other payments from the leaders of Los Cachiros who, among others, enriched it and financed their campaign and their political activities., indicates a press release of DEA .
He is the second member of the Honduran Congress accused in connection with the investigation on DEA on drug trafficking for political purposes in Honduras.
"Martinez contributed to giving an appearance of legitimacy to the leaders of Los Cachiros by virtue of their political position and authority, and sometimes acting as the partial nominal owner of one of the Facade companies, organization money, Ganaderos Agricultores del Norte, S. de RL de CV, Martinez Turcios also provided direct support for drug trafficking activities by Los Cach iros, "the prosecution says.
The 57-year-old Honduran is charged with three counts of indictment and could be sentenced to life imprisonment if he is found guilty.
The first charge is the importation of cocaine to ] United States, the second to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices during and with machine guns and guns. Destructive devices to support cocaine, and the third conspires to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices to support the conspiracy to cocaine import.
The indictment stipulates that in the event of conviction, Martínez Turcios would be liable to a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison and to imprisonment. a maximum life imprisonment, a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years imprisonment and a maximum life imprisonment in the second charge and a maximum term of 20 years
United States Justice Expects the former colonel of the Colon Department to be extradited to New York to be tried in federal court . 19659002] In Honduras, the former congressman was mentioned in an investigation by the public prosecutor because he would have been the legal representative in several companies of Los Cachiros.
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Other accused
The second accused of justice of United States is the former Mayor of Yoro Municipality, Yoro, Arnaldo Urbina Soto found guilty last year for money laundering crime to the detriment of the Honduran economy. He is currently in prison in El Progreso Prison, Yoro, pending the imposition of a specific sentence by the Judiciary
This sentence constitutes an obstacle to the extradition of the US judicial system to Arnaldo Urbina.
The car agreed between the two countries states that no Honduran will be extradited until he has served his sentence in Honduras.
Exedil incurs a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison for money laundering.
Urbina Soto In addition, he is required by the public prosecutor in the so-called Pandora case and, also, there is a formal indictment against him for the crimes of abuse of power raised when he served as mayor of Yoro, between 2010 and 2014
In addition to the former mayor, his brothers are identified by drug trafficking Carlos Fernando Urbina Soto and Miguel Ángel Urbina Soto [194] 59004] the latter was acquitted the previous year of the crime of money laundering by Honduran justice.
While Carlos Fernando is known to have a warrant arrest against him for the alleged crimes of murder, property and drug trafficking, issued in 2014 by the Honduran authorities.
We know very little, since he spent the last four years hiding because justice follows the steps to capture him
separated, between around 2005 and around 2014, Arnaldo, 37 ; Carlos Fernando 44 years old, and Miguel Ángel Urbina Soto, aged 39, operated a drug trafficking organization based in Yoro, Honduras, where Arnaldo Urbina Soto served as mayor between 2009 and 2014 or about 2014 ", states the document
The accused of Urbina Soto capitalized their power in the Yoro Department and aligned themselves with other important Honduran criminal syndicates such as Los Cachiros and the group with The headquarters of Copan headed by Miguel Arnulfo Valle Valle and Luis Alonso Valle Valle to receive planes loaded with cocaine in various regions of Honduras, including clandestine landing lanes in remote areas, as well as on public roads in the vicinity of Yoro, the accusation points out.
The brothers Urbina Soto coordinated the detail s safety and on occasion they joined, heavily armed Two, to oversee the unloading of planes and the transport of illicit cargo in relation to the importation of massive quantities of cocaine to states United States, secures the missive.
The three brothers are accused of the same crimes that Martínez Turcios and were found guilty would be punishable by a maximum penalty of life imprisonment
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Linked to Cartel of Sinaloa
At least from 2004 to 2014 inclusive, several drug trafficking organizations Honduras and elsewhere worked together , and with the support of Martínez Turcios the brothers ] Urbina Soto and others conspired to receive hundreds of kilograms of cocaine sent to Honduras by air and sea routes from Venezuela and Colombia.
The shipments of cocaine were rum transported from Honduras to the border with Guatemala and finally imported to United States often in coordination with senior members of the cartel of Sinaloa in Mexico.
and our partners continue to expose drug-related corruption around the world, fueling violence and insurgency while revoking the rule of law, "said Raymond P. Donovan , special agent of DEA ] Special Operations Division .
"These Honduran elected officials and their associates allegedly conspired with the Sinaloa Cartel and would have flooded the American communities. huge amounts of deadly poison. The DEA is waiting for his extradition to the United States to face American justice and answer for his numerous crimes, " Donovan
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According to the indictment, the four accused have learned that hundreds of kilograms of drugs would be imported into the United States
L & # 39; Former mayor and former deputy was mentioned by the Cachiros chief as part of his criminal structure while the trial of Fabio Lobo, son of former President Porfirio Lobo, was sentenced to 24 years in prison in New York .
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