Honduras raids mayor's homes, finds fancy trucks, peacocks

[Judi Lynn]

Honduras raids mayor's homes, finds fancy trucks, peacocks
By Gustavo Palencia
TEGUCIGALPA Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:32pm BST


(Reuters) - Honduran police and soldiers raided the homes of a ruling-party mayor suspected of links to drug traffickers, uncovering a collection of luxury vehicles and more than 250 exotic birds, a prosecutor's office spokesman said on Monday.

Authorities on Sunday arrested Arnaldo Urbina Soto, the National Party mayor of Yoro, a city 68 miles (110 km) north of the capital Tegucigalpa, said a police source involved in the investigation. The arrest followed the raid on 10 properties in the Yoro area linked to Urbina Soto, the source said.

Anti-drug police and soldiers found 11 vehicles, including Toyota Prado land cruisers and Toyota Hilux pickup trucks and four all-terrain vehicles or quad bikes, the source said. Authorities also found about 250 fighting cocks, two ostriches, several peacocks, guns and a set of gold-encrusted cutlery.

The raid was part of a continuing operation against the "criminal gang of Urbina Soto," which is being investigated for crimes including drug offences, murder and rape, a national anti-narcotics unit known as DLCN said in a statement.

More:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/uk-honduras-drugs-idUKKBN0FX1YA20140728?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401


Images of the man's property at google search for the mayor's name show his photo, his chickens, his peacocks, his guns, his trucks, etc. Apparently the images all ran in news stories in Honduran news accounts in the last day:

https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4TSND_enUS566US566&q=Arnaldo+Urbina+Soto+Honduras&gws_rd=ssl&tbm=isch#imgdii=_

[Louisiana1976]

1. I hope they throw the book at Urbina Soto and his gang. Honduras has suffered enough from

gangs. That's one reason why so many kids have been fleeing there for the US.