Mayor, ex-cop arrested for suspected gang links in Honduras
Mayor, ex-cop arrested for suspected gang links in Honduras
By AFP Feb 23, 2016.
Police in Honduras on Tuesday arrested eight people, including a mayor of a town close to the capital and a former policeman, on charges of links to one of the country's most feared criminal gangs, officials said.
They were taken to maximum-security holding cells pending prosecution on charges of criminal association, extortion and murder, the head of the police investigation unit, Ricardo Castro, told a news conference.
The suspects were thought to be connected to Mara Salvatrucha, a gang that counts among the most vicious in the country.
Authorities also seized 42 properties, 13 companies, 53 vehicles and a clinic owned by the suspects on suspicion they came from gang-related activities.
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