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In Narcos Honduras Trial Fabio Lobo Jailed in Jersey Says He Bribed JOH as Cross Looms / Fabio Lobo encarcelado en New Jersey dice que sobornó a JOH
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In Narcos Honduras Trial Fabio Lobo Jailed in Jersey Says He Bribed JOH as Cross Looms / Fabio Lobo encarcelado en New Jersey dice que sobornó a JOH

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LITERARY COURTHOUSE, Feb 29 – Late in the court day Fabio Lobo took the witness stand. 

Where do you live, the prosecutor asked him.  

 Essex County Correctional Facility, Fabio said precisely, in English. Then he returned to Spanish to confirm that he is the son of former president Pepe Lobo, who preceded Juan Orlando Hernandez.

Fabio had been a judge, ironically, before beginning to traffick cocaine after his father became president.

 Presumably he hadn't had to pay bribes to his own father.

But he said he had twice paid bribes to JOH, for protection of his drug trafficking, and and a Sinaloa cartel leader told him he'd paid JOH too. 

Things were not looking good for Juancho.   Maybe that's why his lawyers ended the day with disagreements about where to go...

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En el juicio de Narcos Honduras, Fabio Lobo encarcelado en Jersey dice que sobornó a JOH mientras se avecina una cruz

por Matthew Russell Lee, Substack

TRIBUNAL LITERARIO, 29 de febrero – A última hora de la jornada judicial, Fabio Lobo subió al estrado como testigo.

¿Dónde vives?, le preguntó el fiscal.

Instalación correccional del condado de Essex, dijo Fabio precisamente, en inglés. Luego volvió al español para confirmar que es hijo del expresidente Pepe Lobo, quien antecedió a Juan Orlando Hernández.

Fabio había sido juez, irónicamente, antes de comenzar a traficar cocaína después de que su padre llegara a la presidencia.

Presumiblemente no había tenido que pagar sobornos a su propio padre.

Pero dijo que había pagado dos veces sobornos a JOH, para proteger su tráfico de drogas, y un líder del cártel de Sinaloa le dijo que también le había pagado a JOH.

Las cosas no pintaban bien para Juancho. Quizás por eso sus abogados terminaron el día con desacuerdos sobre adónde ir...

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