Son of former Honduran President Lobo was killed in an attack
Officials have already confirmed that the son of the former president of Honduras Porfirio Lobo, along with three other young men, were gunned down and killed early on Thursday morning as they were leaving a nightclub in the capital city of the country.
According to a security video of the incident that was widely circulated by local news media, at least five heavily armed gunmen blocked the exit of a parking ramp and pulled Said Lobo Bonilla and three others, including a nephew of Honduras’ former defense minister, from their vehicles. The video also shows the gunmen blocking the exit of the parking ramp.
Before beginning their attack, the perpetrators lined the victims up against a wall and wore what seemed to be the vests worn by members of a police anti-gang unit. After that, there comes a sudden halt to the visuals.
During the time that the criminals were trying to get away from the scene of the crime, it appeared that one of them had been injured and needed to be transported into their car.
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A representative for the Attorney General’s Office named Lorena Cálix verified Lobo Bonilla’s passing, and a former Defense Minister named Romeo Vásquez Velásquez told the local news media that his nephew Luis Zelaya had also been killed.
Officials did not immediately give any comments on whether or not they had any further information regarding a probable motive for the killings that had happened.
Another one of the former president, Porfirio Lobo’s sons, Fabio Lobo, was tried and convicted of cocaine trafficking in the United States in 2017. He was given a sentence of twenty-four years in prison for his involvement in the illegal drug trade.
The United States of America made the announcement a year ago that the country’s previous head of state would no longer be permitted to enter the country due to allegations that he had accepted bribes from drug traffickers in exchange for political favors during his time in office.
Thursday was the day that Lobo was found at the scene, but the police officers kept a safe distance from him.
