Dozens of Central American officials added to U.S. corruption blacklist

FILE PHOTO: A man walks after buying groceries in front of the National Palace after El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele ordered home quarantine for 30 days throughout the country as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent a possible spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Salvador, El Salvador March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Wednesday added dozens of current and former officials, lawmakers, judges and business people from Central America to a list that names those the U.S. government considers "corrupt and undemocratic" actors in the region.

The so-called Engel List, created under a law sponsored by then-U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, includes individuals from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua that Washington accuses of wrongdoing.