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Honduras has so far identified alleged squandering of presidential expenses amounting to 123,025,613.63 lempiras.
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office. Auditors later found documentation of 29 checks and total 29,995,887.62 lempiras. The expenses weren't well documented. The supposed advertisers paid no sales tax.
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175:"Corrupción: una constante en la administración zelaya"
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193:"Investigan 120 casos de corrupción en Presidencial"
218:"Investigarán otros 120 escándalos en Presidencial"
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397:"Saqueo de arcas en Fhis paralizó 300 proyectos"
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250:"Manuel Zelaya ¿Defensor de los pobres?"
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