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The Public Ministry's financial crimes unit (ATIC) and police corruption task force (FETCCOP) are investigating irregularities at the municipal government in Jutiapa, Atlántida.

The Public Prosecutor's Office has summoned witnesses to testify in a criminal investigation into Salvador Nasralla on allegations of fraudulent administration of public funds, while a clean-politics unit demands the Liberal Party provide emergency disclosure of Nasralla-linked bank accounts and a mysterious U.S. corporate registration.

An ATIC criminal investigation file from April 2022 documents meetings between then–congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla and then–Security Minister Ramón Sabillón and a prosecutor's official, where Romero allegedly sought protection and support while being investigated for murders; Romero was arrested Friday on murder charges.

The Public Transparency and Anti-Corruption Office and its Comayagua regional division are seeking information from Humuya municipality regarding its appointment processes as part of a corruption investigation.

Attorney Ángel Murillo was sworn in as director of the ATIC criminal investigation agency as Honduras undertakes a broader security overhaul, including the new National Crime Agency and a replacement anti-extortion division after five officers died in a botched raid.

The ATIC (Honduras's anti-trafficking unit) arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor.