The United States Congress expects to impose sanctions on those listed, including the cancellation of US visas.
This list, which will be known in the coming days, is a requirement that the United States Executive has purchased with the country’s Congress to present the names of officials related to corruption and human rights violations in the Northern Triangle, the subregion that includes Honduras. , Guatemala and El Salvador.
The obligation to present this list arose in December 2020, when then-Congressman Eliot Engel conditioned his support for a comprehensive package of legislation addressing COVID-19 in the United States on the creation of a list of corrupt characters in the Triangle of North. We tell you why it will affect El Salvador
What is the Engel list about and how could it affect the country? This video explains this requirement sent by the United States executive to his country’s Congress.