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The Public Ministry has reactivated a complaint filed by former President Manuel Zelaya against two retired military officers who in 2018 labeled the so-called Comandos Insurreccionales de Libre as terrorist organizations during the political crisis that followed the 2017 elections.

Congress and Honduras's Joint Chiefs of Staff are reviewing the Armed Forces Organic Law to strengthen institutional safeguards against politicization, particularly following concerns raised during the 2025 primary elections.

Former Joint Chiefs Commander Roosevelt Hernández said he will cooperate if formally cited after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint alleging attacks on press freedom through official Armed Forces publications between 2025 and 2026.

Defense Minister Enrique Rodríguez Burchard announced a 30% salary increase for enlisted soldiers, adding approximately 3,000 lempiras (about $120) monthly at a cost of over 570 million lempiras, effective July 2026.

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff commander Roosevelt Hernández has a court date set for August 7 for a charges hearing; his attorney argues the allegations against him stem from misinterpreted statements.

An investigation found that Honduras's Armed Forces disbursed over L4.1 billion through 51 direct procurement contracts during the pandemic while a military-linked firm with a history of price-gouging received medicine orders and a general was appointed to oversee a corruption-plagued pandemic fund.