Marllory Chacón Rossell: All about "La Reina del Sur"
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Who is Marllory Chacón Rossell?
Marllory Dadiana Chacón Rossell, is a Guatemalan citizen, accused by the US Government for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Chacón Rossell, born in El Cerinal, Barberena, Santa Rosa who started working for various local drug traffickers, helping them to launder the money obtained from the deals.
The US Intelligence Agency, has linked her to several drug cartels. In 2011 she was identified as being close to Mario Ponce, one of the biggest drug traffickers in Honduras. Also, Freddy Oswaldo Chacón Rossell, who is one of her brothers, has been documented as a trafficker in Colombia and linked to the Lorenzana's family.
The OFAC, an entity liked to the United States Department of the Treasury, that works against drug trafficking, has pointed her as the leader of the drug cartel and money laundering organizations based in Guatemala and Mexico. Making her an important figure of the drug cartels in the region.
According to some justice records, she was demanded in 2003 by Ottoniel Turcions Marroquín, a drug dealer captured in Belize in 2011. In addition to this case, we found her husband, Jorge Andrés Fernández Carvajal (Honduran), and a dozen of enterprises, such as Bingotón Millonario included in a list published by the OFAC, pointed as beig used for drug dealing and money laundering purposes. The OFAC says that all the money that proceeds from this enterprises make her the most active money launderer of Guatemala and the region. (El Periódico)
Her "Capture"
There are my different stories about her capture. The most reliable is that Hayron Eduardo Borrayo Lasmibat, one of her partners, was captured in France, in 2013. After this, it's believed that Marllory Chacón submitted herself to the authorities in May, while she was in Bahamas, and was extradited to Miami.
There's something curious about this case. the day after she was allegedly captured, she gave an interview to a Guatemalan newspaper (Prensa Libre's full article). She denies her arrest, saying that she was in vacations with her daughter in Paris and that she would had a public hearing in November of the same year. (Prensa Libre)
Nevertheless, she appeared to be incarcerated on September the 10th, in Miami's federal detention center. The mystery lies in the fact that her name doesn't appear in any public file of any other American Court, plus, Florida's Southern District Attorneys office refuses to give information about that case, according to Plaza Pública.
Linked to Guatemalan Politicians
According to a series of articles published in El Periódico, in the timeline of this case, they affirm that Chacón Rossell has close relationship with several businessmen, congressmen in charge, bankers and the most notorious, a very close relationship with the highest spheres of the government authorities, specially with Guatemala's Vice President, Roxana Baldetti. (El Periódico: here and here).
They claim that they had a very close friendship, something denied later by Baldetti, although Chacón told Prensa Libre once (here) that both of them had Beauty Salons and they met once in an activity for cosmeticians. To contradict Baldetti's declaration, El Periódico assure, she appeared during Baldetti's 50 birthday party celebrated in her residence. The party held important people regarding to politics, such as Valentin Gramajo and Alejandro Sinibaldi.
Who is Alejandro Sinibaldi?
Alejandro Sinibaldi, former minister of Communications and current party's presidential candidate has also been involved in mediatic scandals. In Decembember 2014 a series of dossiers from OAS enterprises were caught by the brazilian police. The brand was being investigated for a case of corruption and money laundering from the oil giants PETROBRAS, apparently and according to Brazilian media, they donated Alejandro Sinibaldi one million dollars for his campaign with Partido Patriota. It's not the first time he faces political scandals. (La Hora)
In September 2014, Plaza Pública, posted an article in which they point Sinibaldi, as the owner of a estate called Finca Fisher in Yaxhá, a natural reserve in Petén. They said that this land piece has almost 676.8 acres.In the article, they recall the fact that this place must preserved, and that the entities that should regulate them, didn't denied or supervise the project. At the end of their investigation, they link the person that appears as the owner of the property as Sinibladi's sponsor.
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Also, La Nación, another newspaper from Guatemala, published that Alejandro Sinibaldi, owns 1,128 acres valued in Q.30 millions, and a 28 km road headed to the property. It's believed that this road is being constructed with public funds. Neighbors from the villages nearby showed their discontent because this construction has no benefit for their comunities. (Full post here.)
El Periódico, also published that Chacón and Borrayo had supported with around $2 million dollars to Baldetti, for her presidential campaign with her political party "Partido Patriota". There is no official information and no one has claimed anything about this publication.
And other politics figures involved...
Other politicians seem to be somehow involved with this character. Gustavo Alejos was the Private Secretary of the Colom family, Alvaro Colom and Sandra Torres (Colom's former wife and Guatemala's First Lady) during their government. He was responsible of receiving money from illegal groups and drug traffickers in order to get confessions.
Apparently, Mr Alejos exploited his businesses and personal bonding with a person called "Favio". this character is his partner in a restaurant and bank. It's important to mention that due to this Mr. Alejos claim to have his own bank and banker in his private office. It's also known that this bank received money from Chacón Rossell and a former director of a Guatemalan news paper called "Siglo XXI".
Chacón declares herself Guilty
Yesterday in El Periódico, after being in an audience last September, she declared herself not guilty. But, after the Office Attorney presented the evidence against her, she changed her strategy and decided to collaborate with the authorities, confessing she was part of an international structure of money laundering and drug trafficking.
She signed a plea agreement, on December the 12th accepting she conspired of trafficking more than 5 kg of cocaine to the US.
Besides, she accepted to collaborate with the American authorities giving away all the information, documents and testimonies in the cases of drug trafficking that they required. The objective of this agreement is to get a reduction in sentence, that could give her a minimum of 10 years incarcerated, 5 years of probation and a $10 million fee.
Nevertheless, it will be up to the judge in charge of the case if the Court approves it.
