U.S. Bars Honduran Ex-President Lobo Over Alleged Corruption

[Judi Lynn]

By Reuters
|July 20, 2021, at 8:29 a.m.



FILE PHOTO: Honduras' President Porfirio Lobo Sosa addresses the 67th United Nations
General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2012.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has blocked former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and his immediate family from any U.S. travel over allegations that he accepted bribes from drug traffickers in exchange for political favors, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.

The designations under U.S. law, "due to their involvement in significant corruption," also apply to former Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla, who the department alleged had misused "public funds for her personal benefit," as well as to their children, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

"While their corrupt acts undermined the stability of Honduras’ democratic institutions, former President Lobo has not yet been convicted and Rosa Lobo has been released from prison awaiting a retrial," Blinken said, adding: "These designations reaffirm U.S. commitment to combating the corruption and disregard for the rule of law that hinders progress in Honduras."

Lobo is being investigated on suspicion of involvement in laundering illegal drug money as part of a wider probe into his 2010-2014 administration, an international anti-corruption mission said in 2019.

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[IrishAfricanAmerican]

1. Geez, a money laundering president barred from the USA??

Hmmmm.....

[Judi Lynn]

2. US bars former Honduran president over corruption allegations

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS - 07/20/21 09:44 AM EDT

The United States has barred former Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and his family from entry into the U.S. due to corruption allegations.

The Department of Justice on Tuesday said in a statement that Lobo Sosa and his wife, Rosa Elena Bonilla Avila, were involved in “significant corruption.”

Neither Lobo Sosa, his wife, nor their immediate family is eligible for entry into the United States.

The action comes after the State Department stripped the couple’s visas earlier this month.

Lobo Sosa accepted bribes from his narcotics traffic organization Los Cachiros in exchange for political favors, the State Department said.

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https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/563835-us-bars-former-honduran-president-over-corruption-allegations