Audit Court Spent Over $40M, Referred Just 5 Cases in Four Years

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 12, 2026 · Originally reported July 11, 2026 by El Libertador

Economist Ismael Zepeda questions the performance of Honduras's Superior Court of Accounts, which drew a budget of more than 1 billion lempiras (about $40 million) yet referred only five cases of alleged illicit enrichment by officials to prosecutors in four years.

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