Honduras issues arrest warrant for Congress vice-president
Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:38pm EDT
Honduras issues arrest warrant for Congress vice-president
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30
Honduran authorities have issued an arrest warrant for federal lawmaker and Congress vice-president Lena Gutierrez, along with 15 other people accused of defrauding the country's health ministry, the head of the supreme court said on Tuesday.
Gutierrez, from the governing National Party, was charged last week by the prosecutors office, along with her father, two brothers and several others for fraud, crimes against public health and falsification of documents.
"The order is to make sure that those being investigated cannot leave the country," Jorge Rivera, the head of the Supreme Court of Honduras, said.
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The case comes amid angry protests calling for the resignation of President Juan Hernandez, who admitted that he took money for his 2013 presidential campaign from companies linked to a major corruption scandal. (Reporting by Gustavo Palencia; Editing by Ken Wills)
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Lena Gutierrez, who is the vice-president of Congress, denies any wrongdoing
The supreme court in Honduras has ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the vice-president of Congress, Lena Gutierrez, over a corruption scandal.
Ms Gutierrez and members of her family are accused of defrauding the country's health care system.
Ms Gutierrez, who is a member of the governing National Party, has denied any wrongdoing.
The scandal has triggered large anti-corruption protests in the streets of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
Embezzlement claims
The head of the supreme court said he had ordered the arrest of Ms Gutierrez and more than a dozen other people, including her father and two of her brothers, allegedly linked to the scandal.
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