Honduras prosecutor unaware of US money laundering case
Source: Associated Press
Honduras prosecutor unaware of US money laundering case
Oct 8, 4:30 PM EDT
FREDDY CUEVAS
Associated Press
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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Yani Rosenthal walks with his wife Claudia,
after voting in the Liberal Party primary election, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The U.S.
Justice Department released a statement Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, saying that
Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva, his son Yani Benjamin Rosenthal and nephew Yankel
Rosenthal, as well as seven businesses were labelled “specially designated
narcotics traffickers†under the Kingpin Act. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio, File)
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras' top prosecutor said Thursday he had no information about allegations of money laundering laid out in a U.S. indictment against three members of one of the country's most powerful business families.
"Regarding the actions of a New York court against the Rosenthals I cannot speak because I don't know the issue," Honduran Attorney General Oscar Chinchilla said.
He spoke a day after U.S. authorities revealed a federal indictment from New York against Jaime Rosenthal, his son Yani Rosenthal and his nephew Yankel Rosenthal, on money laundering charges.
Yankel Rosenthal was arrested Tuesday at the airport in Miami. On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice and Treasury departments said Wednesday that the family used its extensive business interests to launder money for Central American drug traffickers. Until June, Yankel Rosenthal had been a minister in President Juan Orlando Hernandez's government.
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