Las autoridades de Guatemala capturaron a dos sospechosos vinculados a una presunta red criminal dirigida por una poderosa familia pol\u00edtica de Honduras, el m\u00e1s reciente suceso en un caso que da muestras de la complicada relaci\u00f3n entre el crimen organizado y la pol\u00edtica en Centroam\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El 18 de agosto, las autoridades guatemaltecas \u2014utilizando informaci\u00f3n de una agencia de inteligencia norteamericana que a\u00fan no ha sido identificada\u2014 arrestaron a los hondure\u00f1os Juan Antonio Salgado Sarmientos y Alcides Moreira Zambrano, inform\u00f3 El Heraldo<\/a>. Los dos hombres son sospechosos de prestar apoyo financiero a Iv\u00e1n Padilla, un presunto narcotraficante hondure\u00f1o vinculado a una red criminal dirigida supuestamente por los Sarmiento \u2014una reconocida familia dedicada a la pol\u00edtica y la ganader\u00eda en Honduras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En julio, inteligencia de la polic\u00eda hondure\u00f1a afirm\u00f3 que ten\u00eda pruebas<\/a> que vinculan a miembros de la familia Sarmiento con actividades criminales, como asesinato por encargo, secuestro, tr\u00e1fico de armas y narcotr\u00e1fico. El 8 de julio, las autoridades hondure\u00f1as<\/a> emitieron una alerta a Interpol<\/a> para capturar al jefe de la familia, Ulises Sarmiento, y a su hijo Javier Fabricio Sarmiento<\/a>, por cargos de posesi\u00f3n ilegal de armas. Ninguno ha sido capturado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sin embargo, cinco d\u00edas antes, el 3 de julio, Ulises Sarmiento hab\u00eda sido detenido<\/a> por las autoridades nicarag\u00fcenses, pero fue puesto en libertad al d\u00eda siguiente. Ulises se encontraba en Nicaragua con miembros de su familia en busca de asilo pol\u00edtico, alegando persecuci\u00f3n por colaborar con el partido pol\u00edtico de oposici\u00f3n en Honduras, el Partido Libertad y Refundaci\u00f3n (LIBRE), y apoyo para el expresidente Manuel Zelaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los recientes sucesos relacionados con la familia Sarmiento son una muestra de la complicada relaci\u00f3n entre la pol\u00edtica y el crimen organizado en Honduras. Se cree que Sarmiento financia a LIBRE, que se disputa el poder con el partido gobernante, el Partido Nacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/strong><\/span> Noticias y perfiles de Honduras<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n De hecho, la captura de presuntos socios de Sarmiento en Guatemala \u2014y la emisi\u00f3n de \u00f3rdenes de captura de la Interpol en contra de Ulises y su hijo\u2014 podr\u00eda indicar dos cosas: que se trata de una maniobra de los opositores pol\u00edticos de Ulises Sarmiento para destruir una poderosa figura de la oposici\u00f3n, o bien de un intento leg\u00edtimo de las autoridades hondure\u00f1as por acabar con una presunta red criminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sin embargo, quiz\u00e1 sea una combinaci\u00f3n de ambas cosas. La pol\u00edtica y el crimen se han mezclado por mucho tiempo<\/a> en Honduras con las \u00e9lites econ\u00f3micas y pol\u00edticas del pa\u00eds, las cuales se han visto con frecuencia involucradas<\/a> en actividades criminales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Las autoridades de Guatemala capturaron a dos sospechosos vinculados a una presunta red criminal dirigida por una poderosa familia pol\u00edtica de Honduras, el m\u00e1s reciente suceso en un caso que da muestras de la complicada relaci\u00f3n entre el crimen organizado y la pol\u00edtica en 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