Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The former director of Strategic investment Honduras (Invest-H) y Alex Moraes, former administrative director of this state institution, have been transferred to the National prison, On Támara, Francisco Morazánafter a judge sentenced the former officials to prison this Friday.
Bográn Y Moraes are investigated by Prosecution in the case of mobile hospitals and alleged crimes such as fraud, misuse of public funds and misuse of authority.
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This Friday, both testified before a judge on corruption. This was determined to impose judicial detention on them. Next Saturday, both will have to make a declaration to 9:00 amAgain for this entity.
Handover
From the facilities of the Courts in corruption cases, after an intense day when communicators flooded the site looking for versions, Bográn and Moraes were transferred, in a minivan, guarded by public security officials, to Támara, Francisco Morazán, the region where the Marco Aurelio Soto National Penitentiary
There they are admitted if the authorities of this institution accept the transfer request of the 1st Infantry Battalion to one of the annexes of the correctional institution.
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OVERVALUATION The National Anticorruption Council estimated that the facilities were overvalued by about $ 32 million and their real cost is $ 15 million and not $ 47 million, as estimated by official sources. |
After the summons to the former officials next Thursday, Prosecution has officially filed the request for a tax ban against the individuals under investigation, which was accepted by the Honduran court this Friday.
While, Bográn and Moraes spent the night in the premises of this court, where they were detained sheltering police officers AticThey will be held in the annex of this correctional facility, located in the 1st Infantry Battalion
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$ 47 million It paid Invest-H to Elmed Medical Systems, between March and April 2020, for seven mobile hospitals manufactured in Turkey. These, except that they did not arrive at the required and agreed time, were not suitable for surgery in Honduras. However, Honduras could not demand or denounce the suppliers for lack of contractual guarantees. The institution’s supervisory board has described the negotiation as “a major scam”. |
Family members and legal defense of the accused they assure that these are innocent and that they are not men of luxury, as they claim is projected in the media and public opinion. In addition, they believe the investigation has an undertone of prosecution and politicization.
PHOTOS: Faces of fear and pain in the audience by Marco Bográn and Alex Moraes
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Another protagonist in the mobile hospitals business is the Guatemalan Axel López, businessman and legal representative of Elmed Medical Systems, a consortium involving Bográn and Invest-H officials, in March 2020, negotiated the acquisition of facilities to combat Covid-19.
The prosecution has also requested an international arrest warrant LópezAlthough no further details have been provided on this, partly because of the scarcity of requests from the Honduran justice system regarding foreign citizens.