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Ex-President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is asking member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) to put pressure on the Honduran government for an explanation about the destiny of certain funds he has been accused of diverting during his administration.

The funds Zelaya is referring to came from ALBA, and his administration is being accused of diverting $98 million worth. According to the High Court of Accounts President, Miguel Angel Mejia, Venezuela donated $100 million to the permanent commission of contingencies (COPECO), of which only two million were used and the rest transferred to the presidency under Zelaya.

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The Office of the Public Prosecutor is investigating if civil servants of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) committed a crime when they allowed an arbitration award for a North American company, The DRC Group (DRC), against the State of Honduras to reach the sum of 51 million dollars.

The Prosecutor against Corruption, Nilson Salgado, said the FHIS investigation seeks to determine “if there were irregularities that constitute a criminal offense around an arbitrator’s award, which was submitted to the FHIS, with a U.S. company called DRC, which sued the State of Honduras initially for three million Lempiras.”

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The initial court hearing began last Monday. The Prosecutor against Corruption alleged that Rixi Moncada and Aristides Mejia, both former officers of the ENEE, committed an abuse of authority and fraud by participating in the costly rental of the ENEE building, without offering it out for bid.

Court was in recess until today, after an annulment request was filed by Moncada. Rixi Moncada alleges violation of constitutional guarantees and due process. She argues that a senior official can not be indicted in a criminal court, but rather the charges would need to be brought before the Supreme Court, as, according to Moncada, she continues to perform the function of advisory minister of Energy for the government of Manuel Zelaya.

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