It was founded in the early 1990s by a group of cattle farmers in the departments of Colón and Olancho de Honduras.
[2] After Maradiaga's statement, Honduran authorities seized goods valued between 500 and 800 million dollars.
[3] Rivera Maradiaga also said his organization paid bribes to prominent members of the Honduran government including former president Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
The bribes were made in order to receive support to their operations and be granted contracts to companies owned by the Cachiros.
[4][3][5][6] Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga not only testified but also provided evidence in the form of voice recordings, videos, photographs, etc.