By EFE
Apr 19, 2024, 2:50 PM EDT
The Honduran Prosecutor’s Office announced various arrest warrants against two Americans, several police officers and judicial servants involved in a child sexual exploitation networkhuman trafficking and other crimes.
The network operated in the department of Islas de la Bahía, one of the most important tourist regions in Honduras, and as indicated by the Prosecutor’s Office in a statement, it had operated since 2019 to the detriment of young people and minors.
The investigation was led by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Public Ministry and the Police Investigation Directorate (DPI), managing to identify “all the members of the criminal gang, whom after rigorous work It was possible to establish how they took advantage of girls and adults“.
According to the official version, it all started when the American was captured Gary Leeinvolved in the disappearance of the young Honduran woman Angie Penaon the island of Roatán, since January 1, 2022, without his whereabouts being known until now.
With the capture of Gary Lee, in August 2022, it was discovered that there was a network of child sexual exploitation and other evidence of sexual relations with its underage victims, crimes in which two other Americans and several Hondurans are also involved. between police and judicial servants, said the Prosecutor’s Office.
They also trafficked drugs and weapons.
Those involved are Harold Green, William James Murdock, Gustavo Trejo and Antonu Frank Grayson, against whom an arrest warrant has been issued.
In addition, the network was made up of the secretary of the Roatán Peace Court, “and among them they were called ‘Delta Teams’, also dedicated to the sale of drugs and arms trafficking, crimes committed with some police officers and the advice of a justice of the peace who helped them with fictitious processes and falsification of documentsused to intimidate other people.”
Those identified by the Prosecutor’s Office operated with money mostly derived from the crime of human trafficking.
The investigations also led to the discovery of several linked businesses such as The Dock Resort, Happy Harris Hideaway, Ikigai and Ipanema, “where They abused their victims and marked them forever with physical, psychological and emotional consequences.“.
The Prosecutor’s Office also indicated that the security of all businesses and deprivation of ownership in favor of the State linked to the dismantled network has been requested.
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