San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Shirley Nicole Velásquez Morales, a former Honduran beauty queen, was sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering.
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Her arrest, which took place on October 22, 2019, in San Pedro Sula, along with her husband, Gerson Varela Flores, took place after she failed to justify possession of $ 10,000 hidden in a reservoir of the residence on the Costa Verde. near Villa II, in an exclusive Sampedrano sector.
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ROUTE Shirley Velásquez was a model in the critically acclaimed Honduran Sunday TV show X-0 Da Dinero. In 2012 she won second place in the Miss Honduras beauty pageant, for which she was given the opportunity to participate in the Miss Honduras International 2012. |
Velásquez Morales appeared in 2012 as the face of Miss International Honduras. In 2019, agents integrated into the National Inter-Institutional Security Force (Fusina) also seized three luxury vehicles – one of these armored – in the couple’s home, in an operation dubbed “Odysseus X”.
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Honduran prosecutors have since charged Velásquez Morales. The result is the imposition of a fine of L.3,675,000. In addition, the house in which they were arrested was confiscated. Velásquez Morales has since been in prison.