Honduras trafficking case awaits verdict
Crime · First reported 9 Nov, 19:29 · Updated 20:07
A court delayed its verdict in the case linked to Angie Peña’s 2022 disappearance, while relatives and advocates called for justice.
- Four men are on trial over crimes related to Peña’s disappearance; the defendants deny involvement, and their lawyers have sought acquittals.
- Authorities say the accused were part of a trafficking network, and allege that police and at least one judge helped it; the officials were not named.
- The family’s lawyers have questioned the trial’s lack of transparency, and a key protected witness was killed in August.
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- Disappearance
- Angie Peña went missing on January 1, 2022, after setting out on a jet ski from Roatan.
- Defendants
- Four men are on trial: Harold Green, William James Murdock, Gary Lee Johnston and Gustavo Trejo.
- Verdict timing
- The left report says the verdict was postponed until November 20; the centre report says it was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday.
- Witness
- Protected witness Dereck McNeil was killed in August.
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