Ex President Zelaya,
Exiled In Dominican Republic, Wanted In
Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA.- The Honduras Justice Ministry
on Wednesday requested the arrest of ex
president Manuel Zelaya, two of his former
ministers and two other former Government
officials, on charges of fraud, document
forgery and abuse of power.
The ex Honduras leader is currently in exile
in Dominican Republic’s capital Santo
Domingo.
The Office of the Prosecutor Against
Corruption presented the request before
Tegucigalpa’s Penal Court, and asked the
court to issue an arrest warrant for Zelaya
and the other four if necessary, a judicial
source tols Efe.
The Office of the Prosecutor says around 30
million lempiras (almost us$1.6 million
dollars) were diverted from the Honduran
Social Investment Fund (FHIS) for
advertising expenses by the Presidential
House, authorized by executive decree issued
months after it was spend.
Aside from Zelaya, the accused are his ex
ministers of the Presidency and Finance,
Enrique Floes Lanza and Rebeca Santos, both
fugitives in another case of alleged
corruption; ex Finance vice minister Jose
Antonio Borjas and ex FHIS director Cesar
Salgado.
Anti-Corruption prosecutor Henry Salgado
told reporters that this new case is derived
from "a report sent by the Superior Accounts
Court to the Justice Ministry in relation to
30 million lempiras which were paid by a
direct contract " for publicity, "without
adhering to the proceedings of the Contracts
Law."
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