By Alma Castro Hernández on June 22, 2015
central america, copan, drug trafficking, honduras, valle valle, world
General Honduras News, News from Honduras
This past Friday, Honduras executed extradition orders from December for Jose Inocente Valle Valle and his wife Marlen Griselda Amaya, accused of crimes linked to drug trafficking and money laundering. They were extradited to the United States. The couple, under tight security, posed together for the cameras, and at approximately 9:00 a.m. were escorted by DEA […]
By Hector Martinez on June 19, 2015
government, honduras, Politics in Honduras, world
General Honduras News, Politics in Honduras
The Honduras District Attorney’s office has filed formal charges against Lena Gutierrez Vice President of the Honduran Congress fraud, falsification of documents and crimes against the public health system IHSS (Instituto Hondureño de Seguro Social) Honduran Institute for Social Security which is in charge of the Health and Human Services including all public hospitals and […]
By Hector Martinez on June 18, 2015
honduras, IHSS, Politics in Honduras, social security, world
General Honduras News, News from Honduras
Honduran soldiers are taking over public hospitals and medicine storage warehouses to guarantee the supply of drugs to patients after a recent fraud and graft scandal rocked the Social Security Institute. Honduran armed forces seized public hospitals and warehouses that stored medicine on Wednesday after a recent corruption scandal involving the country’s “IHSS” (Health and […]