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Former Miss Honduras Bélgica Suarez (Photo) was arrested July 6 near El Zamorano for carrying 33 000 euros (about $ 47,000), equivalent to more than 800 000 lempiras.
"The former queen was arrested with a Nicaraguan-born citizen driving a vehicle with plates of Nicaragua, La Prensa" said Juan Lopez Rochez, National Police spokesman.
The arrest occurred at 11 in the morning at Escuela Agricola Panamericana El Zamorano located on the highway connecting Tegucigalpa Danlí. The National Police will provide a full report on the status of former beauty queen.
The beauty represented the country at the 2009 Miss Universe held in Bahamas. Also participated in the Miss Americas, held in Ecuador where he ranked among the six finalists.
"The operation was conducted by the Special Services Unit of the Ministry of Security for days had been following up on the detainee," Rochez said. The authorities are assessing the origin of the money carried by the beauty queen and counting the total amount of money impounded. Aside from Suarez, the police also arrested Santiago José Jarquin, a Nicaraguan who was driving the truck luxury in which the ex-Queen of Beauty was traveling from Esteli (Nicaragua) to Tegucigalpa, told reporters spokesman for the Special Investigation Service of the Police, Deputy Commissioner Alex Padilla Madrid.
"The police operation was run on a stretch of highway between Tegucigalpa and Danlí, eastern Honduras, shortly after entering Honduras Suarez by the office of Las Manos, Nicaragua border," he said.
Madrid said that Suarez said the 33,000 euros, and other smaller amounts in pounds sterling and other currencies also carried, she got "in his work as a model in Europe."
The police spokesman said the driver of the truck, "says labor for the entrepreneur's family Nestor Plasencia Torres", whose nationality is not specified, and the boss to leave the Honduran Estelí to Tegucigalpa.
He noted that, after being questioned by police, Suárez "will be forwarded to the prosecutor" and said that Honduran legislation is required to declare amounts over $ 10,000 when entering the country.
La Prensa
Authorities are investigating possible links Suarez also hope that the Public Ministry in the coming hours to have the evidence needed to order a tax requirement.
He noted that, after being questioned by police, Suárez "will be forwarded to the prosecutor" and said that Honduran legislation required to declare amounts over $ 10,000 when entering the country.
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