Former OABI Director Convicted Over Missing Jewels
Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 16, 2026 · Originally reported October 15, 2026 by Ministerio Público (X)
Francisco Ernesto Ruiz Nieto, former director of Honduras's asset-seizure office (OABI), was convicted of violating his official duties for moving 135 lots of seized jewelry and 28 watches from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa in 2019 without proper procedure, after which items worth L1.27 million (about $51,000) went missing.
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