US Names Marllory Chacón as Drug Kingpin in Central America
Friday, 20 January 2012 10:42
Honduras Weekly
The United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday identified Guatemalan Marllory Dadiana Chacón Rossell, 39, as the head of a crime syndicate operating in Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama and responsible for supplying cocaine to Mexican drug cartels. According to OFAC director, Adam J. Szubin, "Marllory Chacón's drug trafficking activities and her ties to the Mexican drug cartels make her a critical figure in the narcotics trade." The OFAC named seven other individuals involved in the drug trafficking ring -- masking as a private lottery known as the "Bingoton Millionario" -- with Mrs. Chacón, including her husband, Jorge Andrés Fernández Carbajal. Mr. Fernández, who is from Honduras, has been charged with providing logistical support for his wife's operation.
The Bingoton Millionario Facebook page states that it sells tickets in thousands of stores throughout Guatemala and has awarded a total of US$2 million to 595,000 winners during the past three years.
In addition to her drug trafficking activities, Mrs. Chacón is suspected of performing money laundering services for the cartels. The OFAC believes she launders tens of millions of dollars in drug money every month -- making her the most prolific money launderer in Guatemela. “By designating Chacón, OFAC is disrupting those activities and closing off from the US financial system the network of companies aiding Chacón’s illicit activities,” said Mr. Szubin. (1/20/12) (photo of Marllory Dadiana Chacón Rossell courtesy US Treasury Department)
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