Honduras football boss Yankel Rosenthal charged in US

[Judi Lynn]

Honduras football boss Yankel Rosenthal charged in US
1 hour ago

The president of one of Honduras's most famous football clubs has been charged in the United States with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Yankel Rosenthal, a former minister of investment, was arrested on Tuesday after landing at Miami airport.

His cousin Yani and uncle Jaime Rolando, a four-time presidential candidate and newspaper owner, were also charged.

They come from one of the wealthiest families in Honduras.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Powerful Honduran businessman accused of money laundering

Powerful Honduran businessman accused of money laundering

FREDDY CUEVAS
Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- One of Honduras's most powerful businessmen has been indicted in the United States for allegedly laundering money for drug traffickers.

The U.S. Justice Department released a statement Wednesday saying that Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva, his son Yani Benjamin Rosenthal and nephew Yankel Rosenthal were named in the indictment and seven businesses were labelled "specially designated narcotics traffickers" under the Kingpin Act.

Yankel Rosenthal was arrested Tuesday at Miami's airport.

The statement said they "provide money laundering and other services that support the international narcotics trafficking activities of multiple Central American drug traffickers and their criminal organizations."

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Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Olive, son Yani Benjamin Rosenthal, nephew Yankel Rosenthal



Father and son, "out to the ballgame." [/center]

[Judi Lynn]

2. U.S. charges Honduran soccer club chief with laundering drug money

Wed Oct 7, 2015 7:27pm EDT

U.S. charges Honduran soccer club chief with laundering drug money

MIAMI/NEW YORK | By Zachary Fagenson and Jonathan Stempel

The president of a top Honduras soccer club and two family members were charged by U.S. authorities on Wednesday with engineering a decade-long scheme to launder drug trafficking and foreign bribery proceeds through U.S. accounts.

The Rosenthal family, one of Honduras' wealthiest and most politically connected families, was accused of using their Grupo Continental conglomerate to run what a senior U.S. Department of the Treasury official called one of Central America's most significant money laundering networks.

Yankel Rosenthal, 46, president of Club Deportivo Marathon and until June a minister of investment in Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez's government, was arrested in Miami on Tuesday, and appeared in federal court there on Wednesday.

Also charged were his uncle Jaime Rosenthal, 79, who unsuccessfully tried to be a presidential candidate for Honduras' center-right Liberal party; Yani Rosenthal, 50, a former cabinet member and Jaime's son; and Andres Acosta Garcia, 40, a Grupo Continental lawyer.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/07/us-usa-honduras-soccer-crime-idUSKCN0S125620151007