Justice System

Glenda Jiménez, a prosecutor with the Common Crimes unit in San Pedro Sula, was arrested by anti-corruption investigators on charges of allegedly accepting payments of between 500 and 20,000 lempiras from a complainant in exchange for promising to close a case against them.

Honduras's Attorney General and Supreme Court are participating in the UN's 15th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, seeking international agreements to strengthen cybersecurity in the country's justice system.

A court revoked the formal charges against Arcadio López, Perfecto Enamorado, Antonio Kattán, and Gerardo Galeano, who spent over a year facing terrorism and alleged assassination accusations stemming from WhatsApp conversations authorities claimed showed a plot against former president Manuel Zelaya.

The National Anticorruption Council director said the Public Ministry failed to prove its case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, citing the absence of a key witness and saying Honduras's justice system has lost public trust.

From 2019 to 2025, Honduras officially recorded 2,278 femicides, but courts have prosecuted only about 150 of those cases, leaving families like that of 18-year-old Cinthia Melissa Hernández—found buried in her home after her partner fled—struggling with despair and distrust in the justice system.

Honduras's National Anti-Corruption Council released a report analyzing the implications of former President Juan Orlando Hernández's return to the country, stating that his presence is a test of whether the justice system can investigate and prosecute alleged crimes with independence and impartiality.