TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Former Honduran President Rafael Leonardo Callejas was denied entry into the United States upon arriving in Miami, authorities said Tuesday.
“Callejas was apparently detained entering the U.S. because of some problems with his visa,” Roberto Bermudez, Honduras’ ambassador to the U.S., told HRN radio.
Bermudez said Callejas was detained Monday and put on a flight Tuesday from Miami back to Honduras.
Bermudez said the Honduran Embassy was trying to get more details about the case “because it involves a former president and Honduran citizen and we should ensure his rights and personal safety have been respected.”
Zachary Mann, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami, said the former president had been taken into custody and that the case was being processed, but that U.S. privacy laws forbade him from providing further details.
Callejas, 62, was president from 1990 to 1994 and is the leader of the opposition National Party. He is also president of the country’s National Soccer Federation.
In 2005, the Supreme Court exonerated Callejas of corruption charges stemming from his term in office.
In the last 10 years, the U.S. government has canceled the visas of more than 100 Honduran politicians and business leaders because of alleged corruption.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Former Honduran President Rafael Leonardo Callejas was denied entry into the United States upon arriving in Miami, authorities said Tuesday.
“Callejas was apparently detained entering the U.S. because of some problems with his visa,” Roberto Bermudez, Honduras’ ambassador to the U.S., told HRN radio.
Bermudez said Callejas was detained Monday and put on a flight Tuesday from Miami back to Honduras.
Bermudez said the Honduran Embassy was trying to get more details about the case “because it involves a former president and Honduran citizen and we should ensure his rights and personal safety have been respected.”
Zachary Mann, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami, said the former president had been taken into custody and that the case was being processed, but that U.S. privacy laws forbade him from providing further details.
Callejas, 62, was president from 1990 to 1994 and is the leader of the opposition National Party. He is also president of the country’s National Soccer Federation.
In 2005, the Supreme Court exonerated Callejas of corruption charges stemming from his term in office.
In the last 10 years, the U.S. government has canceled the visas of more than 100 Honduran politicians and business leaders because of alleged corruption.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Former Honduran President Rafael Leonardo Callejas was denied entry into the United States upon arriving in Miami, authorities said Tuesday.
“Callejas was apparently detained entering the U.S. because of some problems with his visa,” Roberto Bermudez, Honduras’ ambassador to the U.S., told HRN radio.
Bermudez said Callejas was detained Monday and put on a flight Tuesday from Miami back to Honduras.
Bermudez said the Honduran Embassy was trying to get more details about the case “because it involves a former president and Honduran citizen and we should ensure his rights and personal safety have been respected.”
Zachary Mann, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami, said the former president had been taken into custody and that the case was being processed, but that U.S. privacy laws forbade him from providing further details.
Callejas, 62, was president from 1990 to 1994 and is the leader of the opposition National Party. He is also president of the country’s National Soccer Federation.
In 2005, the Supreme Court exonerated Callejas of corruption charges stemming from his term in office.
In the last 10 years, the U.S. government has canceled the visas of more than 100 Honduran politicians and business leaders because of alleged corruption.
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