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Drug gang bust in Honduras nets $100M assets

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Anti-drug agents on Saturday broke up an alleged gang of synthetic drug producers and seized $100 million in assets, a Honduras government spokesman said. Anti-drug trafficking agents carried out raids on 24 sites in the northern part of the country, seizing 700 heads of cattle and 150 vehicles in one of the biggest organized crime seizures in the last decade, spokesman Carlos Vallecillo said. Vallecillo said the group laundered money through companies and property, but did not specify which drug cartel the group belonged to. The agents detained a local police official, a Honduran civilian, and two Colombian pilots, he added. The Mexican government's campaign to tame its drug cartels has driven Mexican drug traffickers to set up shop in Honduras. Colombian Cartels also operate in the country.

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Carlos Vallecillo

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Organization: Honduras government

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