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Honduran court delays verdict in disappearance case that exposed sex trafficking ring
Relatives and rights groups say the case exposed a trafficking ring, alleged official complicity and threats against witnesses as four men await judgment.
- A Honduran court is expected to announce a verdict Monday in the sex-trafficking case of Angie Peña, a 22-year-old who disappeared on Jan. 1, 2022, after a Jet Ski ride while vacationing in Roatan.
- Initially treated as an accident, the investigation expanded into a trafficking case after the Jet Ski Angie used was found in Belize, some 170 kilometers away. Four men now face charges related to her disappearance.
- Two U.S. citizens, Harold Green and William James Murdock, face human trafficking charges, while Gary Lee Johnston and Honduran Gustavo Trejo face criminal association charges. Johnston was previously sentenced to 32 years in a separate case.
- Relatives and lawyers demanded justice amid systemic corruption concerns. Protected witness Dereck McNeil, who alleged corruption within the ATIC, was killed in August, exposing dangers of seeking justice in Honduras.
- Kenia Paz, a lawyer for the Legal Team for Human Rights representing Peña's family, said the case exposed a criminal network "beyond what we can even imagine," drawing comparisons to the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking network.
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Honduran court delays verdict in disappearance case that exposed sex trafficking ring
A Honduran court has postponed a verdict in a sex-trafficking case linked to the 2022 disappearance of Angie Peña. The decision has been delayed until November 20.
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