Honduras - Castro requests UN-backed anti-corruption commission

A new anti-corruption commission is needed to counter the state capture by criminal organizations including those managed by the former president. But real anti-corruption work will look at everyone.

Earlier this month, President Xiomara Castro formally requested the installation of a UN-backed anti-corruption commission in Honduras. The commission, titled Comisión Internacional Contra la Corrupción e Impunidad en Honduras (CICIH), is part of Castro’s broader anti-corruption and anti-crime agenda. In the letter addressed to the United Nations, the H…