Honduran president faces call to resign as video scandal intensifies

Source: Reuters

Honduran president faces call to resign as video scandal intensifies

Reuters
Wed, September 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM EDT·2 min read

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A leading anti-corruption activist called on Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Wednesday to resign after a video surfaced that appeared to show her brother-in-law negotiating campaign donations with drug traffickers over a decade ago.

The video emerged a week after the leftist Castro ordered an end to an extradition treaty with the United States, which was used to take her conservative predecessor to face trial in New York where he was convicted on charges stemming from large-scale cocaine trafficking.

In a letter to Castro posted on social media, Gabriela Castellanos, the head of the National Anti-Corruption Council, argued the president should resign due to "serious drug trafficking accusations brought against (your) family circle."

If Castro stays on, it would undermine the rule of law and security in the Central American nation, she added. Her letter did not provide evidence of ongoing corruption.

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