Gunmen attack immigration office located in the American Embassy in Honduras.(my title)

Detained Chinese undocumented migrant Weizhong Shao, left, sleeps while others play cards in the immigration office in this April 30, 2004 file photo, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Shao is one of 14 Chinese citizens who were set free Sunday June 13, 2004, by three gunmen who attacked the immigration office, according to immigration officials. 20 undocumented migrants and alleged migrant smugglers from China and South America were set free. The migrants, including 14 Chinese and six South Americans, had been arrested in May in operations all over the country (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, file)

Translated by babelfis
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Audacious liberation of 14 Chinese illegal ones of cells of Migration

Authorities attribute to Chinese Mafia

Members of the Chinese Mafia that deal with undocumented people towards the United States took yesterday by assault the offices from the Main directorate from Migratory Policy, right in the center from Tegucigalpa, to release a twenty of illegal, among them two Eastern ringleaders of organized bands, next to 12 clients.

According to police information, the rescue considered like of film, took place around the 4:40 of afternoon when men with automatic weapons put under the impotence to two agents of the Border patrol and Special the Main Directorate of Logistics of Investigacio'n (DGSEI), in addition to a pair of inspectors of Migration.

The assault to the institution perfectly was planned, because according to one was known the rescued ringleaders first called to a recognized restaurant so that they took food to him, as generally they late did it in hours in the morning and.

After several minutes the employee of the business touched the main inner door of the migratory institution taking with himself the orders of white rice, portions of empanizado chicken and vegetables.

One of the inspectors of Migration opened the inner door and lead to the woman until the cells where was a total of 22 illegal ones, between Peruvian, Bolivian, Ecuadorian, in its majority citizen Chinese.

The same inspector again opened the door from exit to the fémina, that was lost in an end of the Guanacaste district, always in Tegucigalpa.

They take like hostage an inspector
However, when the official of Migration arranged itself to close with key the inner door, two men encañonaron it with with their pistols under death threats, which were bet to both sides of the door.

The inspector was taken until the room of monitoring in the second level of the governmental building, where they noticed two police to him that were going to kill without mercy their hostage if they offered resistance.

The agent Investigation and the border patrol did not have another alternative that to give its arms standard to protect the life of the captive, while the gangster ones shouted very insistently that they did not resist.

"In more than an occasion they assured that they were police", he related one of the agents, when describing that one of the aggressors had beard in padlock form and the other was under stature.

In a matter of seconds the personnel in charge of the safekeeping of the illegal ones was handcuffed with its own "maids", with the hands backwards. Soon, to end of kicks they were lead to the cells of the office of Migration.

A time confined, one of the ruffians placed the feet to him on the nape of the neck to the police while they noticed again to them that they did not try to alert to the authorities of which it was happening.

At the same time, the other pal lead of way ordered to Eastern and the other illegal ones until the exit inner door where he on board waited for the rest to them of the band of two vehicles, one simple cabin, polarized glasses, mark Toyota Tacoma, white color, without plates, and a microbus.

While this happened, two Chinese put themselves nervous and escaped in quick race of the criminals towards an office of the building where they took refuge, while the strangers finished with their operative one releasing to the prisoners.

Soon one of "the enchachados" police found the keys of the spouses and released to a companion so that it alerted to the National Police on the massive rescue.

Mafia paid 10.000 dollars by each Chinese released
The holder of the Direction of Migratory Policy, Ramon Romero, affirmed that the rescue was headed by members of the Chinese Mafia that offered 10 thousand dollars (more than 180 thousands lempiras), by each Eastern one. "There is heavy people and powerful put in this type of crimes", it added.

"we were surprised because everything well was planned", it lamented the civil employee when indicating that "a band of Chinese works which they are those that is dedicated to deal with their connacionales and were offering 10 thousand dollars to only remove them from here (Migration)". Romero protested to him energetically to the personal victim of the criminals, mainly to allow the entrance of the employee of the Chinese restaurant to the cell where were the undocumented people.

The director of Migration explained that the Chinese released had been stopped by means of operative surprises in possession of false passports that they extended his contacts to them, to those who paid extreme money to them to pass them to the United States.

"Some were in investigativo process in the justice courts and the Office of the public prosecutor, whereas others left drawees before the payment a guarantee", abounded.

It assured that only they were hoping the corresponding proceedings to execute the expulsion of the country, in view of his illegal form enter to the country.

"doubt does not fit that all this is part of a drug trafficking ring of Chinese which properly it is organized in Honduras", the civil employee reiterated.

Connections of the Mafia
- During the assault illegal ones of Chinese nationality were rescued 14, among them Hue Wen Ru and Ya Vin I have, supposed connections of the Chinese Mafia that are dedicated to deal with immigrants, using like bridge the national territory, by means of the payment of great sums of dollars. These ringleaders already were process in the justice courts.

- Altogether there were 16 Chinese, but two of them reacted with fear during the operative one of rescue and escaped towards a safe place, always in the interior of the building of Migration.

Rescued others
- an Ecuadorian
- two Bolivians
- three Peruvians

It is presumed that the Mafia paid only by the liberation of the Chinese citizens, but the South Americans were including in the package and last night the police feared for them.

Unfruitful search
Last night the National Police made intense operative in the different exits of the capital and other parts of the country in search of the Tacoma vehicle and the microbus in which the undocumented people escaped themselves.

It was known that the search was concentrated specially in the highway of the south, since a patrol craft assured to have seen lead a Tacoma vehicle excess of speed, the one that enrumbó towards the peripheral ring of Tegucigalpa, like looking for the Toncontín airport.

The authority reviewed all the vehicles, specially load transports and buses, in addition, yielded hotels, houses and restaurants, but in the end everything was unfruitful.

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