Rodríguez has in recent months said he was one of those who accused the president’s brother of drug trafficking. “According to witnesses he is also involved in the death of many people including an informant” for the US Drug Enforcement Agency, said the ministry.Īs he was being arrested, Rodriguez protested his innocence: “They can search me for whatever they want, I have nothing to hide,” he said in a video recorded by his allies. According to the public ministry he is wanted for “money laundering.”Ī protected witness also alleged that when Rodriguez found money or drugs while carrying out operations in his army role, he “did not declare them in their entirety, keeping part of what was seized and the confiscated weapons were taken to a criminal group.”
Rodriguez, a retired army captain, was not among the favorites for the November 28 election. Outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernandez has himself been accused of drug-trafficking, while his brother Tony Hernandez was in March sentenced to life in prison in New York for the same crime. His arrest comes less than a month ahead of presidential elections in which the main candidates all face accusations of either corruption or drug trafficking. Honduran authorities on Thursday arrested presidential candidate Santos Rodriguez over accusations of money laundering related to drug-trafficking and homicide, including the murder of a DEA informant.
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