Juan Orlando Hernández has agreed to an OAS-backed mission similar to one under UN auspices which led to the downfall of the president of GuatemalaHonduras’s president,Juan Orlando Hernández, has announced the launch of a new international anti-corruption body to tackle criminal networks within the country’s political and judicial systems, and in an attempt to appease infuriate over impunity and graft. The Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (Maccih) will acquire powers to independently investigate politicians,judges and members of the security forces. Organised crime’s infiltration of feeble and corrupt state institutions has helped make Honduras one of the poorest and most violent countries in the region.
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Source: theguardian.com