Tegucigalpa.- Honduran authorities captured a leader of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) on Friday claimed in the United States for “drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime,” the Police reported.
As detailed by the institution, the capture for extradition purposes took place in the south of the country.
“This is Tokiro Ramírez Rodas, 41 years old, who is also identified as José Antonio Rodas Ramírez and Johnny Rodas Ramírez, for whom the Honduran government has two extradition requests from United States courts,” the statement said. Police in a statement.
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He indicated that one arrest warrant dates from October 20, 2014 “for drug trafficking and money laundering crimes” and another on March 2 for “conspiracy” in organized crime.
The Judiciary of Honduras He anticipated on Twitter that the first extradition hearing will be held on Saturday in the Supreme Court of Justice.
Ramírez is part of a group of five MS-13 leaders accused in 2011 by United States authorities of directing extortion and violent crimes in the Washington metropolitan area from prisons in El Salvador.
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MS-13 and the Barrio 18 gangswhich have thousands of members, scourge with extortion, murder and other crimes in neighborhoods of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. His influence reaches the United States, in a transnational crime network that operates in some cases from prisons.
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