US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA779

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TEGUCIGALPA 000779 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR G/TIP, DRL/IL, DRL/PHD, AND INL/LP 
STATE FOR WHA/PPC, WHA/CEN, PRM, DS, CA, AND G/IWI 
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAM 
GUATEMALA FOR POL, NAS, AND RSO 
DOL FOR ILAB 
DOJ FOR OPDAT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, SMIG, KWMN, ELAB, PGOV, PREL, KJUS, HO 
SUBJECT:  Honduran Special Prosecutor for Children Moves 
Ahead on Multiple TIP/CSEC Prosecutions 
 
Ref: (A) Tegucigalpa 622 
     (B) Tegucigalpa 457 
     (C) Tegucigalpa 456 
 
1. Summary: PolOff met March 28 with Honduran Special 
Prosecutor for Children Nora Urbina to discuss the status of 
several trafficking in persons (TIP) and/or commercial 
sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) cases.  Summaries of 
these cases are below.  End Summary. 
 
Honduras/Guatemala CSEC Case 
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2. As discussed in ref B, an investigation by the Special 
Prosecutor for Children into a possible CSEC involving 
Honduran girls sexually exploited, possibly using the 
Internet, in Honduras and Guatemala led to the arrest in 
Talanga (outside Tegucigalpa) of two Honduran sisters, Lina 
Odales Diaz Luqe and Kenia Suyapa Diaz Luqe, and the 
rescuing of two Honduran teenage minors.  The girls were 
duped with false job offers in Guatemala and were forced to 
work in prostitution.  After being rescued, they were 
repatriated to Honduras.  There are pending arrest warrants 
for two men (one Guatemalan, Walter Herminio Ramirez Arocha, 
and one Honduran, Luis Gustavo Franco).  Urbina went to 
Guatemala City in early April to work on this case and try 
to rescue additional Honduran girls being commercially 
sexually exploited with the assistance of Guatemalan 
authorities.  Urbina continues to build a larger case and is 
gathering allegations from more victims currently in 
Honduras. 
 
Honduras/Guatemala Child Pornography Case 
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3. A Honduran man, Marvin Gerard Erazo Caballero, was 
arrested and three Honduran girls rescued in Guatemala.  The 
girls were apparently brought from Honduras to Guatemala, 
enrolled in a school, and forced to participate in the 
making of child pornography.  The girls were allegedly told 
to try to get other girls at the school to participate in 
the pornography.  The Honduran Special Prosecutor for 
Children is working closely with her Guatemalan counterpart 
as it appears there are yet to be identified Guatemalan 
girls who were also victims. 
 
4. In another child pornography case, one Honduran man was 
arrested in Tegucigalpa for exploiting two Honduran girls to 
make child pornography. 
 
Cases Continue Against Bars and "Massage Parlors" 
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5. Cases continue against several bars and massage parlors 
accused of CSEC, specifically prostitution.  There is an 
outstanding arrest warrant for pimping children for the 
Spanish owner of the Titanic bar in Tegucigalpa, Jose Maria 
Vega Llorenti.  He is believed to have fled to Spain; the 
bar's manager, a Honduran woman, is under arrest.  In 
another case there is an outstanding arrest warrant for a 
fugitive Honduran man for running a "massage parlor" with 
minor prostitutes. 
 
Organized Crime Prosecutor Working Other Cases 
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6. The Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime, in 
conjunction with the Special Prosecutor for Children, 
continues to work with DHS/ICE on the New Jersey case (see 
ref B for details), as well as the case of the alleged AmCit 
peodophile in Honduras, Carl Dean Hurley (see ref A for 
details).  Under house arrest due to his age, Hurley did not 
show up for his April 11 court date to be formally indicted, 
has been declared a fugitive, and reportedly may have fled 
to Guatemala. 
 
7. These cases are in addition to the other older TIP cases 
being prosecuted by the Special Prosecutor for Organized 
Crime. 
 
Palmer