Exclusive: U.S. targets Central America officials for possible sanctions over corruption - envoy
By Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson
Posted on May 5, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The Biden administration plans to release by the end of June a list of corrupt Central American officials who may be subject to sanctions, a U.S. envoy told Reuters, as Washington seeks to cut back on a root cause of increased migration to the U.S.-Mexican border.
Ricardo Zuniga, President Joe Bidens special envoy for Central Americas Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, also said the administration was considering further sanctions against officials in the region for alleged graft under the
Global Magnitsky Act.
U.S. officials see corruption as one of the main drivers for the flow of migrants, along with poverty, gang violence and the fallout from hurricanes last year, and want to make sure a $4 billion aid package being put together for the region does not fall prey to graft.
Thats the mandate from Congress. We have a responsibility and were going to meet it, Zuniga said in an interview on Wednesday. That tracks with our commitment to defend those who are combating impunity.
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