TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- The ex-wife of the commissioner of Police, Lorgio Oquelí Mejía Tinoco (a fugitive from justice), was found guilty of money laundering this Thursday.
Tinoco’s ex-wife, identified as Denisse Yamileth Morales, She was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 50 percent of the value subject to money laundering, in this case 330,748 lempiras at 78 cents, in addition to the seizure of the convict’s identified financial products.
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Morales was captured by a team of Special operations, communications and strategic support de la Atic in the city of San Pedro Sula, after dodging justice for 16 months.
Seizure of property
In February 2020, the prosecution asked a judge to permanently deprive Lorgio Oquelí Mejía Tinoco and his family of ownership of 24 insured personal belongings, real estate and banking products.
Assets seized included two houses, three vehicles and six bank accounts owned by Mejía Tinoco, six financial products in the name of his wife Wendy María Castro and seven bank accounts owned by his ex-partner Denisse Yamileth Morales, who was found guilty on a method.
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According to the investigations of the prosecution, with the income of the former chief of the National Police, “ no more than 17 million lempiras is justified in his assets and that is not consistent with the monthly salary earned from 2012 to 2017, which was fifty-five thousand three hundred ninety-five and twenty-one. cents. “
Corruption
According to the investigations, members of the police stationed in Choluteca between 2012 and 2015 demanded money from transporters so that they could move the livestock without any inconvenience, amounting to an act of bribery.
These unlawful charges increased when the investigated and accused commissioner was appointed as the department head of the police department in Choluteca and according to the investigation, the payments were made in cash and came from the money handled by the ranchers and delivered at the various points check . among them: Pavana, El Triunfo, Namasigüe and on some occasions in the facilities of the Choluteca Cattlemen Association (AGACH).
The public prosecutor’s office ensures that from the appointment of the commissioner as head of the department, a criminal structure has arisen, of which members of the Prevention Division Unit (UDEP) and the Special Investigation Services Department (DNSEI) formed part.
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