Drug Trafficker 'Capi' Convicted After 3-Ton Cocaine Seizure

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 17, 2026 · Originally reported June 17, 2026 by TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Michael Adolf Dixon Rivers, a Honduran drug trafficker who ran Caribbean shipping routes, was sentenced to 14 years in US federal prison in May 2022 after authorities intercepted about 3 metric tons of cocaine near Aruba in 2019, unraveling his international smuggling conspiracy.

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