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Congress began debate on sweeping reforms to Honduras's electric utility ENEE, aiming to reshape its corporate structure and finances to address the state company's L50 million daily fiscal deficit before lawmakers begin mid-year recess.

Copeco warned that Honduras will face heavy rainfall and electrical storms from June 15–21 as a trough and tropical wave move across the country, with the southern and western departments expected to see the most intense precipitation.

The state utility's financial manager said ENEE has a strategy to meet near-term obligations and restructure its debt, and that pending energy reforms will boost confidence among lenders and potential investors.

The Liberal Party declared support for reforming the national electricity utility ENEE but demanded that strategic state assets, including the El Cajón hydroelectric dam, be protected from any privatization as part of the overhaul.

Authorities discovered the body of a 57-year-old woman in advanced decomposition inside her home in Choloma, Cortés; neighbors reported the discovery after noticing a strong odor, and forensic experts will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Honduras claimed six gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the Central American Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship in San Salvador, finishing second in the team standings behind Guatemala.

Deputy Finance Minister Liliam Rivera said the National Treasury faces critical strain from automatic debt payments linked to lawsuits from the prior administration, combined with obligations to multilateral lenders and a floating debt exceeding 24 billion lempiras (about $960 million).

Honduras's Public Ministry seized 104 illicit assets—including 40 vehicles, 38 financial products, 19 real-estate properties, and seven businesses—linked to a fugitive with ties to the criminal organization Los Pinto, after detecting an unexplained gap of 418 million lempiras (about $16.7 million) in his financial movements.

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.

María Teresa Hernández García, 22 and pregnant, died at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa hours after being rushed from Copán with severe burns sustained in a home accident; her family is seeking financial help to transport her body for burial in San Nicolás.

A judge ordered Daniel Antonio Meraz Cáceres held in pretrial detention on a charge of aggravated femicide in the death of nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López, who was killed June 3 in San Manuel, Cortés; a preliminary hearing is set for July 15.

Honduras's Supreme Court rejected journalist José Carlo Panameño's appeal and upheld his conviction for assaulting neighbor Edson Euclides Gutiérrez Lagos over a parking dispute on May 24, 2023, with the victim now breaking years of silence about the incident.

Pedro Alexis Matamoros Sánchez, the fourth person charged in the 2019 killing of Tegucigalpa's former mayor Óscar Acosta, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after accepting guilt in the crime.

The World Bank, IDB, CAF, and BCIE have endorsed the government's plan to split the state electricity company into three entities for generation, transmission, and distribution, but critics warn it masks privatization and demand broader public consultation.

Honduras's atmospheric agency confirmed the onset of an extreme El Niño phase, potentially bringing prolonged drought, high temperatures, and water scarcity that could affect agriculture, livestock, hydroelectric power, and drinking water for millions of Hondurans over the next year.

The capital's water utility has announced a rotating supply schedule for June 16–21 with outages of three to six days per neighborhood due to drought-depleted reservoirs now at less than 50% capacity.

The central bank's currency auction on June 15 allocated $78.9 million and established a weighted average exchange rate of L26.6920 per dollar for June 16.

ENEE announced planned power cuts on June 16 across multiple zones for scheduled maintenance and infrastructure work.

The National Risk and Contingencies office issued a 48-hour green alert for the Gulf of Fonseca coast due to strong waves (3–4 feet), extended wave periods, and spring tides heightened by the new moon and lunar perigee, posing risks to fishers, small boats, and coastal communities.

Honduras has recorded 2,711 student dropouts in the first half of the 2026 school year, with 75% from primary grades and poverty, violence, and poor school conditions cited as main causes.

Roberto Lagos, president of Honduras's central bank, says failure to approve an energy sector reform will perpetuate ENEE's structural problems, mounting debt, and operational losses, and has secured backing from international multilateral organizations.

Honduras's average import price for fuel climbed 24.2% month-over-month in April 2026, a slower pace than March's 32.9% increase, tracking crude-oil and derivative prices from the Gulf.

The National Congress's Telecommunications Commission is advancing reforms to combat inmates' use of mobile phones and communications equipment to conduct extortion, including proposed penalties for satellite companies and prison officials who allow contraband devices into facilities.

A congressional committee approved a bill that would impose life sentences and other severe penalties for killing or attempting to kill police, soldiers, judges, and other security and justice officials in connection with their duties, with the measure now headed to a floor vote.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for the second suspect in the death of a child in Belén, Lempira, following a prosecution request by the Public Ministry.

A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in the killing of former San Pedro Sula mayor Oscar Roberto Acosta, the Public Ministry announced.

The ENEE's financial manager said new transmission infrastructure projects will be funded through private investment drawn by sector openness, not public debt alone, to accelerate Honduras's energy development.

A Congressional committee held a second consultation with civil-rights organizations and government agencies on proposed reforms to strengthen prevention, early detection, and prosecution of sexual abuse against children and adolescents in Honduras.

Police arrested a man accused of killing his cousin during an argument over money.

Honduras imported 2.99 million barrels of diesel in the first four months of 2026, the largest share and fastest-growing fuel, followed by bunker fuel and premium gasoline at 1.84 million and 1.83 million barrels respectively.