The public trial of Marcelo Chimirri was scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. today, but was delayed by two hours. The former manager of Hondutel declined to make any statements to the press upon arrival. Chimirri is answering to charges of fraud and abuse of authority during his employ at Hondutel.
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 […]
A tunnel built to intercept 5,600 Hondutel telephone lines was discovered beneath the street between 4th Avenue and 2nd Street in the Concepcion neighborhood of San Pedro Sula. The tunnel of fraud was located below a shopping area where several small shops sell clothes and other products. Hondutel technicians, the prosecutor on duty, and members […]
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 […]