Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during a welcome ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An anti-graft mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Honduras said on Tuesday it will investigate a multi-million dollar corruption scandal that has dogged the president of the Central American country, Juan Orlando Hernandez.
Critics of Hernandez staged mass protests last year urging him to resign over his links to the $200-million (£139 million) fraud at the Honduran Institute of Social Security, where companies, some formed by institute officials, overcharged for services.
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