Yankel Rosenthal
Yankel Rosenthal | |
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Yankel Rosenthal c. 2014 | |
| Minister of Investment of Honduras | |
| In office 2014–2015 | |
| President | Juan Orlando Hernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yankel Rosenthal Coello 31 October 1968 Honduras |
| Party | Liberal |
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Yankel Rosenthal Coello (born October 31, 1968) is a Honduran businessman, politician, and convicted criminal who is the current president and co-owner of C.D. Marathón.[1]
Rosenthal Coello served as the minister of investment of Honduras from 2014 to 2015 under then-president Juan Orlando Hernández.[2][3]
Early life
Yankel Rosenthal Coello was born on October 31, 1968, in Honduras. Rosenthal Coello is a member of the Jewish-Honduran Rosenthal Family, a prominent oligarch family from Honduras involved in business and politics. The family owns Groupo Continental, a Honduran conglomeration of businesses founded in 1929[4]
He is the nephew of former Honduran vice president Jaime Rosenthal and cousin of former minister of the presidency and presidential candidate Yani Rosenthal.[5]
Business career
Rosenthal Coello is the current president and part-owner of C.D. Marathón, a Honduran football association. The Yankel Rosenthal Stadium was commissioned by Rosenthal Coello who named it after himself.[1]
Legal Issues and Criminal Conviction
In 2015, Yankel Rosenthal, along with his cousin Yani Rosenthal and uncle Jaime Rosenthal were designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers. Following this designation, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) took action against the Rosenthal family and Rosenthal Coello was arrested in the United States.[6]
Ultimately, both Yani and Yankel Rosenthal pled guilty to crimes involving money laundering and providing financial services to drug traffickers on December 15, 2017, and August 16, 2017, respectively.[7][8]
Yankel Rosenthal was sentenced to 29 months in Federal U.S. Prison.[7][8] Yani Rosenthal was subsequently sentenced to 36 months.[7][8]
The U.S. government sought to extradite Jaime Rosenthal, but the request was unsuccessful. Jaime Rosenthal remained in Honduras, where he died on 12 January 2019.[9][8]
References
- ^ a b Fagenson, Zachary (October 7, 2017). "U.S. charges Honduran football club chief with laundering drug money". reuters.com. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Bermúdez, Jennifer Ávila, Maria Teresa Ronderos, Andrés (2021-10-05). "Pandora Papers: A Yankel Rosenthal le salieron nuevas offshores". El Clip (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney's Office (August 29, 2017). "Former Honduran Cabinet Official Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Money Laundering Charge". justice.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ "Grupo Continental reacciona ante acusaciones por lavado de activos". La Tribuna. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ "Revista Envío - The rise and fall of the Rosenthal Clan". www.revistaenvio.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury (October 7, 2015). "Treasury Sanctions Rosenthal Money Laundering Organization". treasury.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney's Office (August 26, 2017). "Former Honduran Cabinet Official Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Money Laundering Charge". justice.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney's Office (December 15, 2017). "Former Honduran Congressman And Businessman Sentenced To 36 Months For Money Laundering". justice.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "Muere el empresario Jaime Rosenthal Oliva en San Pedro Sula".