Honduras Security Minister Arturo Corrales connected to a lie detector – a requirement to pass the Police confident tests.
Into next week, the Secretary General of the DIECP, Julian Oyuela, and Assistant Secretary, Eduardo Lagos, along with other officials of this committee, will hear arguments in defense of those police, before acting on the test results.
The hearings are required by the Law of the National Police of Honduras, and specifically, Article 18-A, which states in general, that an officer be granted a discharge hearing, after which a binding opinion will be issued to the Secretary of Security for dismissal or ratification.
The United States led the implementation of confidence tests like the polygraph by allocating funds from the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI); however, they suspended their support in June after receiving complaints. A senior official of the U.S. government said that, “the Honduran people have expressed frustration with the slow progress of the purification of the Police,” and , “this is a frustration we share, and as a result, we have suspended U.S. aid to DIECP.”
What the United States has made clear, is that it does not support programs that do not work. The U.S. government says that for their support for national projects to be maintained, there must be a clear Honduran interest.
Although the official did add, “We are seeing positive signs of a renewed effort by the administration of President Lobo to address the safety challenges of Honduras, and we hope that concrete results will follow.”
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