In 2012, my office at the OAS published a report on citizen security in the Americas, underscoring the principal institutional weaknesses of Central American countries, Honduras included—politicizat
ion of the judicial authorities, threats to judges and prosecutors, budgets too
small to enable the administration of justice to function properly, the judicial authorities lack of independence, weaknesses within the legal framework, prison overcrowding, and serious problems wit
h efficiency of the criminal ...[+++] justice system.