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René Adán Tomé was arrested for obstructing justice. Two other people have been arrested
René Adán Tomé, alleged advisor to the president of the National Congress, Luis Redondo, was arrested on Thursday afternoon by agents of the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation (ATIC) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
During the fiscal action, a member of the Legislative Branch’s security was also arrested, as this person had tried to oppose the capture of Tomé.
Yuri Mora, spokesman for the Public Prosecutor’s Office, confirmed that Tomé “was arrested along with two other guards for obstructing justice,” he said.
Earlier, Johel Zelaya, Attorney General of the Public Ministry (MP), reported on the seizure of documentation related to alleged acts of corruption at the facilities of the National Congress of Honduras.
“People of Honduras, in exercise of the powers conferred to the MP by Article 232 of the Constitution of the Republic and Articles 207, 209 and 210 of the CPP, I have ordered entry into the facilities of the National Congress,” Zelaya said.
The head of the Attorney General’s Office explained that the MP’s entry into that branch of the State is done with the objective of seizing relevant documentation linked to corruption cases allegedly generated by the Honduran Parliament.
It was learned that the seizure of documents would be related to the subsidies granted by Luis Redondo, president of the Judiciary, to the deputies, and precisely the person detained is Redondo’s direct advisor.
The president of the National Congress faces recurring criticism because the subsidies emulate the figure of the Departmental Fund, a controversial budget item that was disbursed to congressmen and was repealed in the current administration.
