A news investigation has linked the head of Honduras’ congress to a major drug clan, exposing further connections between the country’s top government officials and its underworld.

The report, published by Central American magazine Expediente Público, details how Mauricio Oliva Herrera, president of the National Congress, allegedly acquired a series of properties in Tegucigalpa from a business associate at Inversiones Acrópolis, a company linked to a notorious Honduran drug trafficking family known as the Cachiros.
This news came as Oliva Herrera, of the of the National Party (Partido NacionalPN), confirmed he would run for president of Honduras, ahead of elections in March 2021.

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