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Honduran media indicated that the woman is the alleged daughter of the leader of the Los Valle cartel, and is accused of the murder of three people.
The PNC reported this May 14 on the capture of a woman from Honduras wanted for the crime of murder. (Free Press Photo: PNC)
The National Civil Police (PNC) reported this May 14 on the capture of a woman originally from Honduras, wanted in his country for the crime of murder.
According to the report that the PNC shared on its social networks, the capture was carried out during an operation carried out by the authorities at kilometer 16.5, Don Justo village, Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala.
The woman, according to the PNC, was identified as Monica Lucía Hernandez Castilloalso known as Yosary Yasmin Valle Aguilar.
The authorities detailed that The detainee is originally from the department of Copán, in western Honduras.
They also participated in the operation Interpol unitsthe National Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Police Directorate of Investigations, the National Directorate of Border Police Services and the Special Tactical Operations Group (GOET).
The authorities indicated that the woman has an arrest warrant for the crime of murder, so She was expelled from Guatemala and handed over to the Honduran authorities.
On the other hand, Honduran media such as The Herald They point out that the detainee is the daughter of Miguel Arnulfo Valle, member of the Honduran cartel known as Los Valles.
This organization was rated in 2015 by the US Department of the Treasury as “one of the most prolific drug trafficking structures in Central America”.
The Herald details that the detainee remained She was a fugitive from justice and was hiding in Guatemala under another name.
“The accused is allegedly responsible for the crime of homicide of three people,” says The Herald.
During the operation in which the woman was captured, cell phones were also seized. The detainee will be transferred to Tegucigalpa to appear before a court with National Jurisdiction.
Miguel Arnulfo Valle and his brother Luis Alfonso Valle were sentenced in September 2017 to 23 years in prison in the US for illicit drug trafficking.
Furthermore, according to the portal InSight CrimeLos Valles used the border with Guatemala as a base to consolidate themselves as “key intermediary” between Mexican, Colombian and Guatemalan networks dedicated to drug transportation.
“They were an important contact for the transit of cocaine produced in South America and Mexican distributors, especially the Sinaloa cartel points out InSight Crime.