Former Honduran First Lady Sentenced to 14 Years for Corruption
Published: 24 September 2022
WRITTEN BY HENRY POPE
A Honduran court sentenced the country’s former first lady on Wednesday to over 14 years in prison and fined her 13,812,848 lempiras (US$558,232) for fraud and misappropriation against the state.
Rosa Elena Bonilla, first lady to ex-Honduran president Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo Sosa during his time in office from 2010-2014, stole over 12 million lempiras ($484,968) from the country’s Office of the First Lady account and deposited it in her personal account shortly before her husband’s term ended.
This marks the second time Honduran prosecutors have managed to have Bonilla convicted of this offense. She was initially sentenced in 2018 to 58 years in prison, but the courts annulled the original decision in 2020 due to irregularities during the trial and so it was ordered to be repeated.
Meanwhile, her former private secretary, Saúl Escobar, was sentenced to over six years in prison for misappropriation and must pay the same fine.
Organized crime, corruption, and tragedy have engulfed the Lobo family in its dark shadow these past few years, however hard they have tried to escape the consequences of their actions.
More:
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16797-former-honduran-first-lady-sentenced-to-14-years-for-corruption
Los Lobos! Ta daaaaaaah! 