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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) \u2014 The president of Honduras\u2019 main opposition party fled an international airport Tuesday breaking through a parking gate with his pickup truck after immigration agents stopped him for carrying two passports before he boarded a flight to the United States, authorities said.<\/p>\n

David Ch\u00e1vez Madison, president of the National Party, fled the Palmerola International Airport around 3 a.m. Tuesday, leaving behind his passports when immigration agents called him for a second inspection, Allan Alvarenga, director of Honduras\u2019 immigration agency told local press.<\/p>\n

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Ch\u00e1vez fled the terminal dressed in a black baseball cap, black jacket and black pants, according to images released by authorities.<\/p>\n

The passport issue, however, may not have been Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s main problem.<\/p>\n

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Xiomara Castro has been accused by the Honduran opposition of eroding the nation’s system of checks and balances.<\/span> (AP Photo\/Fernando Vergara, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hours later, a judge ordered Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s capture based on the investigation of a 2016 complaint by the nongovernmental National Anticorruption Council related to irregularities during Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s time as director of the National Institute of Professional Training, a government agency managing workforce training programs.<\/p>\n

The alleged irregularities concern a bidding process in 2012 and 2013 in which a significantly inflated contract was awarded to outfit regional training centers in several Honduran cities, said Yuri Mora, spokesman for the Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Security Minister Gustavo S\u00e1nchez said in a news conference Tuesday that the search for Ch\u00e1vez was underway.<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez knew he was under investigation and held a news conference Monday to dismiss it as a political persecution.<\/p>\n

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Honduras is embroiled in political turmoil as the ruling party of President Xiomara Castro has tried to exert control over the justice system. Castro’s allies in Congress have appointed an interim attorney general, a move analysts and constitutional scholars have declared illegal.<\/p>\n

The opposition, including Ch\u00e1vez, has accused Castro of consolidating power and eroding the country\u2019s system of checks and balances.<\/p>\n

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