US announces drug charges against Honduran congressman
Associated Press Updated 5:55 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 17, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities in New York filed charges against a Honduran congressman accused of being a member of a violent drug trafficking organization responsible for shipping loads of cocaine into the United States.
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The shipments were then transported within Honduras to Guatemala where they were eventually exported to the U.S., often in coordination with Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.
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Martinez Turcios allegedly received more than $1 million in bribes and other payments from the leaders of the Cachiros, which he used to enrich himself and fund his campaign activities and political operations, prosecutors said in a press release.
He also personally escorted some Cachiros cocaine shipments and participated in weapons training provided to paid Cachiros assassins recruited from the gang Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13. The congressman, prosecutors say, also participated in acts of violence perpetrated by members and associates of the Cachiros.
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https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/US-announces-drug-charges-against-Honduran-13083180.php
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Midence Oqueli Martinez Turcios, on the left.
