Francisco Cosenza biography: 13 things about George Washington University alum from Honduras

Francisco Roberto Cosenza Centeno is a Honduran man who attended The George Washington University in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., United States. He served as the executive director of the Comité Técnico del Fideicomiso para la Administración del Fondo de Protección y Seguridad Poblacional (TASA), a Honduran governmental entity that procured goods for the Honduran National Police.

Cosenza is 3 years younger than Carl Alan Zaglin and 15 years older than Aldo Nestor Marchena. Zaglin owned a manufacturer of law enforcement uniforms and accessories in Georgia, USA and Marchena is a former resident of Boca Raton, Florida, USA and a dual citizen of the U.S. and Peru.

Before entering the George Washington University, Cozenza went to Instituto Alfonso Guillen Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From 1981 to 1984, he attended Louisiana Tech University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in construction engineering management.
2. From 1987 to 1989, he attended the George Washington University where he earned his master’s degree in engineering management and project management.
3. From 1989 to 1991, he was a Cervecería Hondureña financial analyst.
4. From October 1991 to September 1995, he was a logistic manager at the Compania Numar de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
5. From November 1995 to October 2007, he was a BAC Credomatic operations manager.
6. In June 1996, he joined the Rotary Club of Tegucigalpa.
7. From 2006 to 2007, he was the president of the Rotary Club of Tegucigalpa.
8. In July 2008, he became a member of the board of trustees of Fundación Uniendo América de Honduras.
9. From June 2012 to January 2014, he was a financial director at PMH in Tegucigalpa.
10. He was in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in January 2015, in Washington, D.C. in April 2015, in Austin, Texas, USA in May 2015, in Roatan, Islas de la Bahia, Honduras in June 2015 and in Kissimmee, Florida in July 2015.
11. Between March 2015 and November 2019, Zaglin, Marchena and others allegedly agreed to bribe Cosenza and other Honduran government officials to secure contracts with TASA worth over $10 million and in exchange for the bribes, the bribees allegedly assisted the bribers in obtaining contracts for the sale of uniforms and other goods for the Honduran National Police and securing payment on the contracts.
12. On December 20, 2023, an indicted was unsealed charging him, Zaglin and Marchena with conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was also charged with money laundering and engaging in transactions in criminally derived property.
13. He was 65 years old when he was charged on December 20, 2023 with two counts.

Francisco Roberto Cosenza Centeno es pedido en extradición por la Corte de Florida.https://t.co/DNEekWT2rC

— Diario La Prensa (@DiarioLaPrensa) December 23, 2023