Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

The Honduran government rejected the request for asylum by Guatemala’s former prisons chief, Alejandro Giammattei, citing the criminal charges against Giammattei in Guatemala.

Honduran Ambassador, Jorge Gabrie, who accompanied Giammattei during the transfer, said the opposition politician surrendered voluntarily and that Honduras "expects him to have a fair trial, and that his life and human rights will be respected."

Giammattei was met by police at the front door of the Honduran embassy. He was taken to be arraigned at a Guatemala city court in an armored vehicle. The former presidential candidate is to face charges for extrajudicial executions during his tenure as Guatemala’s prisons chief.

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A Guatemalan court on Monday ordered the arrest of a former presidential candidate, Alejandro Giammattei, who has been holed up at the Honduran Embassy in Tegucigalpa, on charges dating from his tenure as prisons chief during the previous administration.

A police spokesman said that Giammattei is accused of abuse of authority, murder and extrajudicial execution.

Dozens of police have surrounded the Honduran Embassy, where Giammattei went last Thursday to apply for asylum. The 2007 presidential candidate of the conservative Gran Alianza Nacional, sought refuge at the Honduran mission because he feared an attempt on life, according to Giammattei spokesman Herbert Chavez.

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The State Department announced its new Schedule of Fees for Consular Services on June 28, 2010. The changes are effective as of July 13th, 15 days after its publication in the Federal Register. The table includes the rates for passports, visas, immigration and other consular services offered.

Applicants with appointments from July 13th on will be charged according to the new Schedule of Fees.

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