Public Ministry

The Public Ministry is accepting applications from October 26–30 for assistant prosecutor positions and to build a precertified personnel database.

The Public Ministry's Special Fiscal Crimes Unit secured a L15.7 million (roughly $630,000) payment from a hardware-store owner in Comayagua accused of tax evasion after a forensic audit found the company had understated import costs on its 2022 tax declaration.

The Public Ministry has received a complaint from a patient who says he was denied care at a Tegucigalpa hospital during doctors' informational assemblies, with spokesperson Yulissa Gómez saying the case is under analysis to determine whether any crime was committed before it can be referred to the appropriate unit.

The Public Ministry has requested pretrial procedures from the Supreme Court to swear in an expert witness in the ongoing investigation of former Social Development Minister José Carlos Cardona and others.

The Public Ministry has requested preliminary proceedings against five members of Congress from the Libre party and two former Social Development Ministry officials on suspicion of fraud and breach of official duties harming the state.

Congressman Francis Cabrera announced he will file an interpellation motion against Attorney General Pablo Reyes Theodore, citing persistent operational failures and alleged corruption within the Public Ministry.

Attorney General Pablo Emilio Reyes is requesting a budget increase to L2.9 billion (about $116 million) and roughly double or triple the current 796 prosecutors to strengthen the Public Ministry's capacity to investigate organized crime and pursue serious offenses.

Honduras's Public Ministry and Security Secretariat have ordered law-enforcement to prioritize complaints of illegal seizure of property under a new agricultural and energy law (Decree 107-2026), raising concerns about resource allocation as the country faces persistent violence.

Honduras's Public Ministry forensic mental health department completed 752 evaluations through August 2026—371 in forensic psychology, 360 in psychiatry, and 21 in social work—providing medical-legal opinions that officials say are essential to the criminal justice system.

Attorney Ramón Barrios says Próspera's appointment of a civil prosecutor violates Honduras's Constitution by creating an exceptional jurisdiction the Supreme Court already ruled illegal, and called on the Public Ministry to investigate potential criminal liability.

Honduras's prosecutors' association is urging the Public Ministry and Congress to approve emergency funding to hire about 200 new prosecutors, citing a case backlog caused by the current 760 prosecutors being overwhelmed and no new hires in seven years.

Former government official Julissa Villanueva denied Monday that she received a formal summons from the Special Prosecutor's Office, contradicting the public ministry's claim that she failed to appear for questioning, and said she is ready to testify once properly served.

Ricardo Cardona, private secretary to ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández, returned to Honduras after four years in Nicaragua, denying any criminal charges despite multiple open corruption investigations against him.

The Public Ministry will formally question former Deputy Security Minister Julissa Villanueva and demand she submit evidence she claims to hold about the disappearance of Angie Peña, after she publicly accused the Criminal Investigation Agency (ATIC) of obstructing the investigation.