Reputed Honduran drug lord extradited to Miami on cocaine smuggling charges
BY JAY WEAVER
UPDATED OCTOBER 28, 2021 6:24 PM
Reputed Honduran drug lord Fredy Mármol, escorted by Honduran authorities, was extradited to Miami this week to face cocaine smuggling charges. (Honduran government handout) HONDURAN GOVERNMENT
A reputed Latin American drug lord appeared Thursday in Miami federal court on cocaine smuggling charges after his extradition from Honduras, U.S. authorities said.
Fredy Donaldo Mármol Vallejo, 40, portrayed in news accounts as a powerful figure in Honduras, is charged with conspiring to traffic narcotics internationally, distributing cocaine with the intent of importing it into the United States and laundering the proceeds.
Mármol, along with co-defendant Michael Adolf Dixon Rivers, 53, played a central role in a narcotics network spanning Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Mexico, according to an indictment. The amount of cocaine the two Hondurans are accused of smuggling into the United States is not specified.
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Mármol , suspected of trafficking cocaine from Colombia in fishing boats at a very young age, became one of the main leaders of the Atlantic cartel, according to published news accounts and Honduran authorities. Mármol took control of the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia to the United States via sea routes off Honduras, they say. He wielded his power in the departments of Gracias a Dios, Colón, Atlántida and Islas de la Bahía, where he owned fishing boats, cattle farms, buildings, mansions and other assets.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article255361201.html#storylink=cpy
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