The former manager of the Honduran Telecommunications Company (Hondutel), Marcelo Chimirri, will continue to be held in the National Penitentiary where he will remain until his trial, as a 5 million lempira bail was not granted by Judge Martha Murillo. The hearing was held in the afternoon after a discussion of which substitute judge would […]
The former defense minister and former vice commissioner, Aristides Mejia Carranza, is scheduled to begin to answer for his part in crimes linked to corruption which the prosecution alleges he was involved in. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor has accused “Tito” Mejia, Rixi Moncada and Rebeca Santos of being responsible for committing crimes of fraud and abuse […]
The former defense minister and former vice commissioner, Aristides Mejia, prefers to voluntarily surrender, rather than be captured. The former official of the government of Manuel Zelaya wants to appear voluntarily before the court to answer to criminal charges and be brought before the Anti-Corruption Prosecution. Rene Velasquez Diaz, Mejia’s attorney, yesterday submitted to the […]
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya announced plans to sue former U.S. diplomat Otto Reich for slander after the erstwhile official said Honduras’ leader had condoned corruption at state-run telephone company Hondutel. Zelaya said in a nationally broadcast address that he would contact a Miami law firm next week to file suit against Reich, accusing the controversial […]