Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Marco Bográn, Former director of Honduras Strategic Investment (Invest-H), a state institution in charge of the acquisition of mobile hospitals for the covid-19 pandemic in the country, said this Thursday before andl Public Ministry for investigative causes related to a millionaire drug purchase case.
A Bográn, Who served as head of this body in the early 2020, when Honduras, Through Invest-H, negotiated the purchase of seven mobile hospitals worth 47 millions of dollars in the company Elmed Medical Systems, Owned by the Guatemalan Axel López, And built in Turkey.
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However, the arrival of the sanatoriums, budgeted to remain at the forefront of health against the disease, which saturated the hospital wards of Honduras, was delayed for months and, so far, only one of these, that of San Pedro Sula, it works.
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July 10, 2020 That day the first two arrived |
Bográn obtained precautionary measures and then substitutes for the Justice of Honduras, In other causes for which it is investigated. Public Ministry has pointed out that the former official is accused of crimes of public embezzlement, external to the negotiation by mobile hospitals.
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The former director testifies before the prosecutors of the Public Ministry, in Tegucigalpa, accompanied by his legal representative, Marc Tulio Castro. Bográn appears next to Alex Moraes, Former administrator of Invest-H during the period of Bográn in the ownership of the institution.
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In July of 2020, After the start of prosecutors’ investigations Public Ministry, The overvaluation in obtaining mobile hospitals amounted to 680 millions of lempiras. Bográn was singled out for orchestrating a corruption network that he embezzled Invest-H through, especially, the purchase of sanatoriums.
A Lopez, Owners of Elmed Medical Systems, Bográn he signed contracts to him in the negotiation without guarantees of quality and delivery, by what, after the exhausting wait, found in the installations defects and lack of precision in the use of the equipment.
Also in July, prosecutors of the Public Ministry, Through operations of the Technical Research Agency (Attic), seized documents of interest in Invest-H and flatten the housing of Bográn, en Tegucigalpa. The former director testified before Honduran prosecutors and, in the midst of a public conviction, was accused of being most responsible for the resounding case of alleged corruption.
About the purpose of 2020, An intervening commission was formed that will evaluate, investigate and determine the causes of the corruption case in Invest-H. To date, members of this board argue that hospital providers cannot be required due to lack of contractual guarantees.
José Ernesto Leva, Auditor of Invest-H, He described the purchase of hospitals as “the worst scam” as they do not have the quality guarantees required to operate in Honduras. Problems in the air conditioning system prevent the opening of these in different departments of Honduras.