Fuerzas Armadas

The Armed Forces will provide free medical and social services on Saturday, June 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at three locations across Atlántida, Francisco Morazán, and Comayagua departments.

Retired General Roosevelt Hernández, former chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Attorney General's investigation into the flawed March 2025 primary elections is diverting attention from a surge in massacres that has left roughly 1,000 Hondurans dead so far this year.

Honduran armed forces have destroyed more than 515,000 coca bushes across at least 25 illegal plantations and nine drug-processing sites in six departments so far this year, including a newly secured crop of 16,500 plants in Colón.

The National Defense and Security Council, led by President Nasry Asfura, approved new security measures including disbanding the DIPAMPCO anti-gang directorate and restructuring specialized units to more effectively combat organized crime.

Honduras's Special Electoral Crimes Prosecutor has formally asked Armed Forces chief Héctor Benjamín Valerio Ardón to hand over records and sanction reports tied to the alleged late delivery of ballot materials during the March 2025 primary elections.