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Former Honduran First Lady arrested for stealing public funds

Xinhua,March 01, 2018 Adjust font size:

TEGUCIGALPA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Former Honduran First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo was arrested on Wednesday for embezzling more than 12 million lempiras (about 510,000 U.S. dollars) from public funds.

Bonilla, whose husband Porfirio Lobo served as president from 2010 to 2014, was arrested at her home in the capital Tegucigalpa by Military Police officers.

The arrest was announced by an anti-corruption mission of the Organization of American States.

Prosecutors accused Bonilla of transferring the money from a government fund into her personal account five days before her husband's term ended in Jan. 2014. Enditem

 

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