Honduras Accuses Zelaya Of $2.7 Million Theft

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Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been accused by the Government of Honduras of the theft of over $2.7 Million in cash from the Central Bank of Honduras prior to his enforced exile from Honduras.


Zelaya apparently ordered the cash to be delivered on June 24, 2009 to the office of Mr. Zelaya's chief of staff, Enrique Flores Lanza, according to depositions by three witnesses for the Honduran prosecutors.

The Honduran military removed Mr. Zelaya from his home early on the morning of June 28 and transported him by air to Costa Rica declaring that if he returned to Honduras he would be arrested. However knowledge of the theft of the $2.7 Million in cash was not discovered until a month after Zelaya’s exile.


The Interim President, Roberto Micheletti, was advised by the Central Bank that funds delivered to Zelaya were not accounted for as government expenditures, and exceeded the government’s budget, and that the cash should be returned immediately.

Security video at the Central Bank showed the removal of the cash by Zelaya’s officials and in an effort to identify the individuals involved Honduras TV broadcast the video tape repeatedly. Sphere: Related Content