TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- You have three former high hierarchs National Police are fugitives from justice for their alleged implications in money laundering.
The defendants are the former commissioners José Orlando Leiva Natarén, Lorgio Oquelí Mejía Tinoco and Ricardo Ramírez del Cid, which had links to organized crime to illegally expand their economic heritage.
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Investigations establish that the former commissioner Jose Orlando Leiva Natarén Over a period of 11 years, it showed an atypical movement, reaching about 913 million lempiras in the financial system, according to EL HERALDO in the tax requirement.
“The former officer had an unjustified capital increase of 300 million lempiras, of which 282 million lempiras correspond to the operations of the company called Conar, 15 million lempiras to Leiva Natarén and three million lempiras to his wife,” the indictment says.
Leiva Natarén was indicted by the Fiscal Support Unit for Police Purification (UF-Adpol) in 2018 and since then it is not known where she is.
Information held by UF-Adpol prosecutors reveals that the former commissioner took refuge in Miami, where measures were taken to arrest him and send him to Honduras.
Another former fugitive is the former commissioner Lorgio Oquelí Mejía Tinoco.
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The analysis of the income made to the former police chief does not justify more than 17 million lempiras in his assets and this is not in line with the monthly salary earned between 2012 and 2017.
Investigations indicate that the former officer is protected by a senior government official, who prevented him from appearing before the competent court.
According to the ordinance against Mejía Tinoco, he points out that between 2012 and 2015, the former police officer was part of a criminal structure that demanded money from carriers so that they could move cattle without any inconvenience from Choluteca to Nicaragua.
The last former police chief accused of money laundering was Ricardo Ramírez del Cid, which is allegedly responsible for laundering 26.7 million lempiras.
“From the financial analysis, Public ministry identified inconsistencies in its revenues and therefore presented the acquisition of goods, commercial companies and financial products, “the tax entity said.
Prosecutors say the former police chief is still in the country, while his defense claims he is a refugee in a European country.
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