TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.- A hat with the signature of the vocalist of the Toucans of Tijuana, Mario Quintero, was found among the luxuries that gave the extraditable Honduran Fredy Marble.
The hat is from the prestigious Gregory brand and was signed by the Mexican vocalist. The same also had the autograph of another singer, but so far the name of the author is unknown.
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This membership was found in one of the residences that the Public Ministry confiscated from Marble during Operation Underwater Earthquake that took place in Francisco Morazán, Cortés, Atlantis, Yoro, Colom, Bay Islands and Thank God.
Fredy Donaldo Marbre Vallejo is considered one of the main ringleaders of the Atlantic Cartel, where he worked closely with drug trafficker Wilter Blanco, extradited and convicted in the United States.
The head of the drug had his power in the departments of Thank God, Columbus, Atlantis, and the Bay Islands, where he owned fishing boats, cattle ranches, buildings, mansions, and other property. Marbre, 40, was a man very close to the country’s powerful elites, according to some sources consulted by EL HERALDO.
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According to research, Marbre started from a very young age in the cocaine trade from Colombia to fishing boats. His name first appeared in the media in 2009, when he was arrested and charged with drug trafficking, while partying on the birthday of one of his children in a restaurant in La Ceiba.
However, months later a judge handed him his letters of release. The second time his name was mentioned publicly was in 2016, when the U.S. Embassy reported that it was investigating Fredy Marble for his links to drug trafficking.
On Wednesday night, he was arrested by the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation, while being transported in a vehicle in front of a luxurious apartment building in the Lomas de Mayab residential area of Tegucigalpa. Next to him was Ilsa Vanessa Molina, alias “La Palillona”, who was involved in the millionaire looting of the Honduran Institute of Social Security (IHSS) through briefcase companies.
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On Thursday last week he appeared before a judge at the information hearing and was later referred to a military battalion. The trial evacuation hearing was scheduled for Sept. 24.