Three former police chiefs are under consideration by the Honduran justice system

TEGUCIGALPA.

Three former senior leaders of the National Police are fugitives from the Justice, because of the alleged implications in the money laundering.

The defendants are former commissioners José Orlando Leiva Natarén, Lorgio Oquelí Mejía Tinoco and Ricardo Ramírez del Cid, who are accused of having links to organized crime to illegally expand their economic assets.

Research has shown that former Commissioner José Orlando Leiva Natarén, who presented an atypical movement over an 11-year period and brought about 913 million lempiras into the financial system, as found in the tax liability.

The former official had called an unjustified capital increase of 300 million lempiras, 282 million of which correspond to the company’s activities. Conar, 15 million lempiras to Leiva Natarén and three million to his wife, ”the indictment said.

Leiva Natarén was accused by the Fiscal unit in support of police clearance (UF-Adpol) in 2018, and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since.

Information from the prosecutors of the UF-Adpol they reveal that the former commissioner is seeking refuge in Miami, United States, where measures have been taken to arrest him and send him to Honduras.

Another former justice fugitive is former Commissioner Lorgio Oquelí Mejía Tinoco.

The income analysis performed on the former police chief does not justify more than 17 million lempiras in his net worth and that is inconsistent with the monthly salary earned between 2012 and 2017.

The investigations show that the ex-officer is protected by a senior government official, who has prevented his presentation to the competent court.

According to the warrant against Mejía Tinoco, he indicates that between 2012 and 2015 the former police officer was part of a structure criminal who asked for money from transporters so that they could transport the cattle from Choluteca to Nicaragua without any inconvenience.

The last former police chief to be charged with money laundering was Ricardo Ramírez del Cid, who is believed responsible for laundering 26.7 million lempiras.

“Based on the financial analysis, the prosecution identified inconsistencies in its revenues and therefore presented the purchase of goods, commercial businesses and financial products,” the entity said. tax.

Source