Honduras anti-corruption activist says she left country after threats

Honduras anti-corruption activist and executive director of the Consejo Nacional Anticorrupcion (CNA) Gabriela Castellanos speaks during an event in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in this handout picture released to Reuters on June 19, 2023. Courtesy Consejo Nacional Anticorrupcion (CNA)/Handout via REUTERS

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -One of Honduras' leading anti-corruption advocates on Monday said she had left the Central American nation because of threats, weeks after accusing President Xiomara Castro's government of nepotism.

Gabriela Castellanos, executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA), which has investigated public corruption in Honduras for nearly a decade, left the country on Sunday with her family and traveled to the United States, she told local media.