According to the prosecutor’s document, the Minister, Mr. Martínez, was also a representative of the company AeroHonduras S. A. As the Minister of Tourism, he was responsible for purchasing tickets for several institutions. The former Minister allegedly bought these tickets at a value 50 percent higher than the normal price. The indictment states that using this practice, Mr. Martínez had defrauded the state of roughly eight million lempiras.

The prosecutor’s office has requested that the former staff member be summoned to attend a hearing regarding these allegations.

Numerous government officials of the Zelaya administration have been summoned before the courts, and found guilty of acts of corruption while in office.