Press Statement Mark C. Toner Acting Deputy SpokesmanOffice of the Spokesman Washington, DC May 3, 2011 We welcome the announcement by the Organization of American States (OAS) that the Principal condition for the return of Honduras to the OAS has now been met. The Honduran Supreme Court, on May 2, resolved the criminal cases against […]
Deputy Foreign Minister, Alden Rivera yesterday gave witness statements to agents of the Prosecutor against Corruption, involving charges against the consulate of Honduras in Houston. The Office of the Prosecutor against Corruption is investigating a complaint by the Honduran Association of Texas, which states that the consulate charged excessive costs for the processing of passports. […]
Honduran police were horrified to discover some of their own officers robbing a bank in Tegucigalpa. The six policemen had forced their way into the bank and tied up security guards at gunpoint. A passer-by notice the robbery in progress and alerted the authorities. A shoot out ensued, and one of the robbers was injured. […]
Judge Claudio Aguilar said Friday that he can’t hear the corruption case against ousted former head of state Manuel Zelaya, because Zelaya is now a high-ranking public official. Zelaya holds a seat in the Central American Parliament, a strategic move thought to hinder the ex-president from serving jail time because such a position could entitle […]
Alcatel-Lucent S.A. and three of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay a combined $92 million penalty to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation into the worldwide sales practices of Alcatel S.A. prior to its 2006 merger with Lucent Technologies Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced. … Alcatel-Lucent’s three subsidiaries paid millions of […]