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A judge formally charged former military chief Roosevelt Hernández after the Journalists' Association filed a complaint over a social-media post in which he called several reporters "hired killers" (sicarios), an allegation Hernández says amounts to censorship.

Lawmakers approved the Energy Justice Law on final vote with 78 votes, restructuring the state electric utility ENEE through legal reforms to the sector's framework while keeping it publicly owned.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández expressed confidence in his case on fraud and money-laundering charges ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Congressman Marco Tulio Rodríguez (Liberal Party) said electrical-sector reforms should include legislation against energy theft and require public bidding rather than direct contracts, arguing that will prevent inflated costs and rigged deals for Hondurans.

Garífuna leaders in Honduras allege a systematic plan to dispossess their territories and erase their cultural heritage, and say they will take their case to international courts, citing non-compliance with prior Inter-American Court of Human Rights rulings.

A court postponed the initial hearing against former president Juan Orlando Hernández on fraud and money-laundering charges to August 18, after his legal team requested more time to review evidence presented by prosecutors.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, previously convicted in the US of drug trafficking and later pardoned, stated he will face money-laundering accusations with respect for the justice system.

Jorge Cálix, the Liberal Party's congressional leader, introduced a bill and a criminal-code reform to impose prison sentences on people who steal electricity from the state utility ENEE.

The initial hearing in the fraud and money laundering case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández was set to begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to judiciary spokesman Carlos Silva.

A Honduran court finished trying Alexander Ardón, a confessed drug trafficker whose testimony was central to the U.S. conviction of former president Juan Orlando Hernández (sentenced to 45 years), on money-laundering charges; the court will announce its verdict on August 24.

Honduran PARLACEN member Doris Gutiérrez disclosed that Central American Parliament deputies receive a monthly salary of L117,000 (more than $4,400).

Presidential trade commissioner Melvin Redondo said Honduras will not pursue free-trade agreement negotiations with China.

Congressman Arnold Burgos says the government lacks 13 votes from the opposition Liberal Party to pass reforms to Honduras's electricity sector, while denying plans to privatize the state utility ENEE.

Honduras's information institute (IAIP) has launched three emergency portals designed to increase transparency and accountability in government agencies' use of public resources.

A Libre congressman said the opposition party supports modernizing Honduras's state power company ENEE but rejects its division into separate corporations, signaling a key policy divide between parties over the utility's future structure.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Abraham Molina handed the Public Ministry a file documenting agricultural loans granted without proper regulatory compliance under the previous administration.

Congressman Marco Antonio Midence says passage of a law requiring centralized registration of beneficial owners would help Honduras comply with international anti-money-laundering standards and remove it from the Financial Action Task Force gray list.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández announced he will return to Honduras on July 26 at 9 a.m., saying

The Defense Ministry opened a public international auction for the presidential Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft, a move to divest the asset.

The opposition Partido Libre warns that proposed reforms to Honduras's electrical system would lead to the privatization of the state utility ENEE and threaten its existence.

Honduras's Constitutional Chamber admitted a constitutional appeal by Roberto Contreras, president of the Liberal Party's executive committee, challenging the appointments of Francisco Ávila and Octavio Pineda and suspending those appointments pending the court's decision.

The Liberal Party's congressional bloc said it will not support a reform to the state power utility (ENEE) unless the proposal explicitly guarantees the company will not be privatized.

A congressional committee unanimously approved a one-year amnesty period allowing Hondurans to register unregistered firearms without penalty, officials say the measure aims to bring illegal weapons into the legal system.

The Libre party's congressional bloc has proposed a popular consultation to let Hondurans decide the future direction of ENEE, the state electrical utility.

Honduras's Supreme Court voided Memorandum 02/2026 on gender identity, which had been issued earlier in 2026.

The Alianza Campesina, Indígena y Popular de Honduras and allied social organizations formally challenged a proposed legal reform on Thursday, arguing it would criminalize protest and curtail civil liberties.

The cabinet approved an executive decree prohibiting the import of goods produced under forced labor, fulfilling Honduras's commitments to the International Labour Organization and the US free-trade agreement.

Juan Orlando Hernández's lawyer announced the former president will return to Honduras on July 1 after years of extradition and imprisonment in the United States on drug-trafficking charges.

A report warns that 77 territorial conflicts, most described as high-intensity, remain active in Honduras amid what analysts characterize as a shift toward punitive government responses.

Ninfa Suyapa Flores, the former director of Honduras's juvenile detention institute, appeared in court for her arraignment hearing on charges related to her tenure at the agency.