TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- The bill approved by the Congress of the United States on December 21, 2020, targeting corrupt officials in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, will be first ‘list Angel “2021 next Tuesday, March 30.
The “Angel listIt will include the names of people involved in corruption and “undermining” democratic institutions, said Center for the Study of Democracy (CESPAD) Honduran journalist Xiomara Orellana on her Twitter account.
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The document takes its name from Congressman Eliot Engel, Democratic Representative for New York, who promoted the new plan against corruption in Central America’s Northern Triangle.
In the specific case of Honduras, the publication of the “black listOccurs at a time when several senior Honduran officials have been named in the New York trial of Geovanny Fuentes Ramírez.
The list allows the United States to revoke officials’ visas to be identified as corrupt or involved in crimes.
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When the aforementioned list reaches Congress, the names it contains will be made public, although it may contain “a secret part.”
The United States has already begun to consult the names of Central American officials to compile the aforementioned list, which the State Department is legally required to publish in late June, although it was announced on Tuesday that March 30 is the date yet. not officially confirmed.
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