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. "Given the situation of insecurity facing my family and myself, we decided to leave the country and (hope) these events that have occurred in recent weeks can be investigated," Castellanos said on television channel 3.
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - One of Honduras' leading anti-corruption advocates on Monday said she had left the Central American nation because of threats .