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The National Emergency System of Honduras delivered conclusive evidence to the Public Prosecutor’s Office denouncing an intimidation campaign against free voting with the involvement of organized crime. On Monday, the 911 service formalized the delivery of certified documentation based on nearly 900 citizen calls made before and during election day on November 30. Reports included more than 630 cases of disturbances at polling stations, 37 direct complaints of intimidation by criminal groups, and 44 cases of vote buying and selling. The package contained audio recordings and detailed documentation of each call, enabling authorities to investigate and prosecute those responsible for undermining the electoral process and violating the will of the people.

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00:00The National Emergency System of Honduras delivers to the Public Persecutor's Office conclusive evidence
00:06denouncing an intimidation campaign against free voting with the involvement of organized crime.
00:12On Monday, the National Emergency System 9-1-1 formalized the delivery of a package of certified evidence
00:18to the country's persecutor's office, documenting the intimidation and coercion by criminal groups
00:24during the elections on November 30th.
00:26The evidence is based on almost 900 calls made by citizens to the emergency hotline before and during Election Day.
00:34Among the crimes reported, more than 630 cases of disturbance of the peace at polling stations stand out.
00:41In addition, 37 direct complaints were filed for intimidation by criminal groups and 44 for both buying and selling.
00:49The material delivered to the Public Persecutor's Office includes audio recordings and documentation for each call.
00:55With this evidence, authorities could carry out the necessary investigations to issue persecutions
01:00against those who attempted to undermine the electoral process
01:04and bring to justice those responsible for violating the will of the people.
01:08There are 892 audio recordings of calls received by the National Emergency System 9-1-1 reporting intimidation,
01:24coercion by organized crime, vote buying and selling, alteration of the electoral process,
01:30kidnapping of electoral material, confiscation of voter identification documents for voting
01:35that did not only threaten people, they were not only at the polling stations,
01:38they also went to areas where they knew they were not going to be politically favored
01:42and took away people's identity documents so they could not vote.
01:47This happened in this process.
01:48It was an unprecedented, dirty, fraudulent process and we cannot remain silent.
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