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The Dominican Republic authorized its San Pedro Sula consulate to serve Dominican citizens in Nicaragua after withdrawing its embassy from the country over concerns about democratic freedoms.

A San Pedro Sula trial court acquitted Brayan Isaac Garay Martínez of aggravated habitual family violence, ruling that prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence, and ordered an end to criminal proceedings against him.

The San Pedro Sula municipal government approved a budget reallocation of L25.3 million (about $1 million USD) to settle overdue payments to construction contractors and service providers, with L17.7 million earmarked for contractor accounts and L7.6 million for short-term commercial bills.

A Libre party congresswoman, Dunia Jiménez, has introduced legislation to permanently halve the Siglo XXI municipal vehicle tax in San Pedro Sula, arguing that rising living costs and multi-vehicle households — where families can pay up to L15,000 (about $600) a year — have overburdened working-class budgets.

Congress inaugurated its first regional office in San Pedro Sula, where representatives from all four political parties in Cortés will work to serve constituents and municipal officials without requiring travel to Tegucigalpa.

A slander and defamation trial against Cofradía local mayor Roberto Contreras Mendoza, brought by former municipal councilor Carmen Elena Paz over public statements about a commercial property's undervalued assessment, was rescheduled from Wednesday to February 18 after his defense attorney reported a medical incapacity.

A San Pedro Sula court scheduled a trial for November 19 against Joaquín Nodarse Banegas, accused of two slander and three libel counts against Eddi Fabricio Andino Munguía, after the defendant again failed to appear and the judge warned police may be ordered to bring him to court.

Municipal workers reinstated by court order after layoffs in 2022–2023 remain relegated to a hallway in poor conditions at a San Pedro Sula city building, prompting human-rights groups to document the situation and urge the city to reassign them properly.

San Pedro Sula municipality faces nearly L48 million in unpaid court-ordered settlements to employees who won labor lawsuits, with reintegrated workers relegated to office hallways without duties and suffering heat-related health problems while awaiting payment.

Congress president Tomás Zambrano announced that the legislature has approved the Law for Protection of the Agroindustrial Sector and financing measures to support palm producers, responding to their calls for legal security and land-invasion enforcement.

A San Pedro Sula court scheduled a retrial of ex-mayor Oscar Eduardo Kilgore López on illicit enrichment charges for November 30–December 3.

Honduras's Property Institute distributed 1,141 property titles to families in San Pedro Sula on Saturday, with another 5,797 titles available for pickup, regularizing land rights for about 7,000 households across 240 neighborhoods.

A police operation in Choloma on June 25 displaced 15 families and arrested six people on usurpation charges, reigniting concerns among experts that new laws—including a decree strengthening agroindustrial protections and widening terrorism definitions—are hardening the state's response to land disputes.

Congress and the Oabi (seized-property office) signed an agreement to establish Congress's first regional office in San Pedro Sula, where lawmakers representing the north and Atlantic coast can meet constituents, with a second property in Tegucigalpa for a regional legislative forum.

Roberto Contreras, president of the Liberal Party's executive council and mayor of San Pedro Sula, asked the Public Ministry to investigate the handling of 42 million lempiras the party borrowed and spent during the 2025 presidential campaign.

Luis Arturo Avilés Moncada and Aracely O'hara Guillén, former Central Bank of Honduras officials, voluntarily appeared before a national criminal court and were released under conditions — including periodic check-ins and a travel ban — pending an initial hearing scheduled for June 18 on charges of reckless misappropriation of public funds.

A judge in San Pedro Sula convicted four indigenous leaders of usurpation despite the National Agrarian Institute granting the Lenca community legal title to the disputed land in El Cacao, prompting rights groups to appeal and take the case to international bodies.

Peace judges traveled to the "La Laguna que Tiembla" community in the Merendón area of San Pedro Sula, where residents elected five community leaders as judicial facilitators to mediate conflicts and promote civic education.

Prosecutors are seeking incarceration for five people accused of irregularities in the awarding of 33 contracts worth nearly 45 million lempiras by the San Pedro Sula municipality, which prosecutors allege circumvented state procurement law by fragmenting contracts.