Honduras seizes assets of suspected drug gang, including zoo


  • World
  • Friday, 20 Sep 2013

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran police and security forces on Thursday seized bank accounts and assets worth millions of dollars belonging to a gang of suspected drug traffickers singled out by the U.S. government, a Honduran official said.

The U.S. ambassador to Honduras, Lisa Kubiske, said on her Twitter account the seized assets were worth at least $500 million. They included hotels, luxury houses, gas stations, and the biggest zoo in the Central American country.

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