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A Honduran court ruled that former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who returned to Honduras in July after a U.S. pardon, will face trial on money-laundering and fraud charges while free but barred from leaving the country, with an initial hearing set for August 12.

Prosecutors opened a new investigation into Ninfa Suyapa Flores, former director of the National Institute for Juvenile Offenders, for alleged irregularities in food-procurement processes at the agency, adding to charges of abuse of authority, fraud, and workplace harassment.

A judge scheduled an August 20 hearing for former Health Minister Alba Flores to answer fraud and document-falsification charges stemming from a COVID-19 mobile hospital procurement scandal; Flores has evaded justice since November 2023.

A judge postponed the initial hearing against former INAMI director Ninfa Flores and three co-defendants accused of fraud and abuse of authority to July 28, at the defense's request pending submission of evidence.

Ninfa Flores Castellanos, who directed the National Institute for Juvenile Offenders from 2023 to 2024, appeared in court on charges of fraud and abuse of authority; a judge set an initial hearing for July 20 to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to proceed with trial.

Eight current and former Central Bank of Honduras employees accused of misappropriation in connection with an 88.6-million-lempira embezzlement linked to former prosecutor Francia Medina will face trial while free, with an initial hearing set for June 18.