Honduran exmiss could face eight years in prison for money laundering

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.- The 2012 Honduras International broadcast A hard tackle from Shirley Nicole to Velásquez Morales, Who was caught on charges of money laundering in 2019, pleaded guilty during an abbreviated trial in Tegucigalpa.

the young woman was captured on October 22, 2019 next to her husband, Gerson Varela Flowers, The couple was inside a house in a residential area of ​​San Pedro Sula, in northern Honduras.

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At that time, three vehicles were confiscated in 2010, 2014 and 2016, as was the house and the amount of $ 10,000 that were found inside packages that were floating inside a cistern.

The couple was immediately captured and transferred to prisons in the capital, where the young woman has finally decided to acknowledge her involvement in the crimes.

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Now, Velasquez could face a sentence of between six and eight in prison, as requested by the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Organized Crime (Fescco).

Similarly, the Prosecutor’s Office also it realized the request that a fine of 3,675 lempiras is imposed to him and the confiscation of its goods.

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