TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURES.- The initiative of law approved by the United States Congress on December 21, 2020, which seeks to target corrupt officials in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, Will announce its first “list Engel “2021 next Tuesday, March 30th.
the “Engel list“It will contain the names of people involved in acts of corruption and the ‘undermining’ of democratic institutions,” said Honduran journalist at the Center for the Study of Democracy (CESPAD), Xiomara Orellana, on her Twitter account.
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The document owes its name to Congressman Eliot Engel, a Democratic representative for New York, who promoted the new anti-corruption plan in the North Central American Triangle.
In the particular case of Honduras, the publication of the “blacklist“It comes at a time when several senior Honduran officials have been mentioned in the trial in New York against Geovanny Fonts Ramirez.
The list will allow the United States to withdraw visas from officials, so that they can be identified as corrupt or involved in crimes.
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When the said list reaches the United States Congress, the names it includes will be made public, although it may contain “some classified part.”
The United States has already begun consulting the names of Central American officials, in order to draw up the said list, which the State Department has, by law, to publish at the end of next June, although this Tuesday it was knowing that it would be revealed on March 30, however, the date has not been officially confirmed.
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