Tegucigalpa.
A Colombian and 6 Hondurans, Accused of aggravated drug trafficking in the Caribbean of Honduras, where they confiscated 1,308 kilos of cocaine in a boat from Colombia and destined for Mexico, were sent to prison by order of a court.
The seven men were brought before the Criminal Court with National Jurisdiction at the hearing of the defendant’s statement and were sentenced to “judicial detention”, the court said. judiciary of Honduras and Twitter.
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All are charged with “aggravated drug trafficking” and were arrested Wednesday in an operation in the Caribbean of Central American country.
Authorities confiscated the Kabu Payaska boat carrying 1,308 kilos of cocaine distributed in at least 65 packages hidden in the ship’s compartments, according to a report by the country’s Armed Forces.
The defendants were identified as Beddly Jaimw Rodríguez, of Colombian nationality, and Hondurans John Sec Lonzo, Allan Fernando Izaguirre, Ricardo Arturo Well, Jimmie Dane Johnson, Roger Quilani Hernández and José Donai Díaz.
The Hondurans and the Colombian, who were transferred yesterday to Tegucigalpa along with drugs, will have to remain imprisoned in the penitentiary known as La Tremuja, in the municipality of Morocelí, department of Paradise, in the east of the country.
The ship set sail from Colombia on a date not specified by the authorities, and had as its final destination Mexico, according to investigations by the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate (DNPA) of Honduras ..
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said yesterday that the confiscation shows that his country is “hostile territory against drug trafficking.”
“The drug seized yesterday (Wednesday) near port of Castile it is ready to be destroyed. Thanks to the work of brave men and women is that Honduras managed to reduce drug trafficking by 84%. Do you prove that we are hostile territory against drug trafficking? Here they are! “, The governor stated in a message on Twitter.
The seizure was made as part of the land, sea and air shield that the Honduran authorities launched in 2014 to reduce drug trafficking from South America.
The air shield is executed by Honduras unilaterally, while the maritime one has the support of the United States through a coastguard in international waters adjacent to those of the Central American nation in the Caribbean.
The land shield is developed by agents of the National Police, the Military Police of Public Order and other institutions.