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Congress passed reforms to the domestic-violence law that will bar anyone convicted of domestic violence from obtaining a driver's license, purchasing or possessing firearms, or holding public office.

Aloísio Pires Alves, a former Barcelona captain and Porto legend who served as an assistant under José Mourinho, will become a Liga Nacional head coach for the first time, bringing decades of European experience to Honduran club football.

US authorities are cautioning foreign content creators planning to cover the 2026 World Cup that monetized social-media content violates tourist-visa terms and could result in visa cancellation and deportation.

Attorney Roberto Velásquez says a U.S. program offering $1,000–$2,000 to migrants who leave voluntarily has prompted thousands of Hondurans to depart the country, proving more effective than he had expected.

Forensic officials are conducting an autopsy on chef Sandra Isabel Díaz del Valle Hernández, who died at Hospital Escuela, after her death was classified as undetermined with no complete medical file on record.

The Central Bank allocated $88.3 million in its June 10 currency auction, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.6836 per dollar for June 11.

A specialized national court in Honduras opened proceedings against four men accused of murder, attempted murder, and criminal association in a killing in the western part of the country.

Police arrested a 26-year-old security worker from Santa Rita in connection with the April 23 shooting death of a guard and wounding of another at a residential complex in El Progreso, Yoro.

The Central Bank of Honduras expressed deep condolences over the death of Daniel Alfredo Figueroa, who served as vice president of the institution.

Honduras has launched a 1.2 billion lempira (approximately $48 million USD) infrastructure project to rehabilitate over 3,100 kilometers of secondary and tertiary roads across all 18 departments, aiming to maintain rural connectivity and protect agricultural corridors year-round.

Former Libre party congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla pleaded not guilty at an initial court hearing to charges of murder, attempted murder, and criminal association, asserting his innocence and rejecting claims the case stems from personal vengeance or political motivation.

Military forces seized 126 pieces of milled pine wood and two chainsaws during an operation in Olancho and arrested a man suspected of illegal logging that damages Honduras's natural resources.

Honduras's business council endorsed the government's proposed energy reforms but called for stronger legal protections, independent regulators, and a phased breakup of the state utility ENEE to reduce technical losses and attract investment.

Honduras has logged 3,823 suspected dengue cases through early June, with 66 hospitalizations and children under 15 the hardest-hit group, as health authorities urge residents to eliminate mosquito breeding sites during the rainy season.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano has urged the Supreme Court to reconsider Memorandum 02-2026, which requires judges to record defendants' self-identified gender and chosen names in criminal proceedings, saying the judicial directive has sparked strong opposition from religious groups and pro-life advocates.

Juan Flores, president of the Fundación 15 de Septiembre, alerted Honduran and U.S. authorities to social-media promotion of a migrant caravan scheduled to depart San Pedro Sula on June 20, saying unscrupulous groups are organizing it.

Over 14,100 manzanas of land in coastal Cortés and Atlántida are disputed by invasions that advocacy groups say cost the economy roughly $15 million a month and deter foreign investment.

Esly Michell García Pacheco, 35, a woman using crutches, was shot ten times in a Comayagüela alley on June 8; her death underscores the persistence of femicide and near-total impunity in Honduras, where rights groups report a 95 percent rate of unresolved killings of women.

Academic Manuel Flores cites official records showing at least 1.47 million Hondurans reside in the United States, representing nearly 14% of Honduras's total population, with a near-even gender split.

Honduras and the European Union signed a five-year, €6 million ($6.9 million) agreement to boost private-sector partnerships and sustainable investments, with aims to improve competitiveness, create jobs, and strengthen regulatory frameworks while emphasizing digital transformation and inclusion of women and youth.

Honduras has recorded approximately 850 traffic fatalities through early June 2026, up 22 deaths from the same period last year, prompting authorities to pursue new prevention strategies focused on driver behavior, road infrastructure, vehicle safety, and victim care.

An armed attack at a taxi stand in El Centro neighborhood, Choloma, left a taxi driver and a 25-year-old woman wounded by gunfire.

Honduras has 162 pending requests to repatriate the bodies of Hondurans who died overseas, with the Foreign Ministry offering financial aid to families who cannot afford repatriation costs and working through legal procedures that vary by circumstance of death.

Migration authorities from Central America and the Dominican Republic are holding a two-day annual meeting in Punta Cana to discuss border security, human mobility challenges, and coordinated responses to migration flows, with Belize set to assume leadership of the regional migration body.

Residents of the Smith neighborhood in San Pedro Sula alerted police to an unusual odor from a trash pile, where authorities discovered the dismembered remains of a man estimated at 35 years old, showing signs of torture; he has been taken to the morgue unidentified.

President Asfura's government and the Medical College of Honduras agreed on a new salary scale, reinstatement of separated physicians, and improved benefits for health-sector workers, ending the physicians' nationwide informational assemblies.

The Asfura administration and the Inter-American Development Bank agreed to establish a technical working group to pilot an AI platform designed to identify regulatory duplications, excessive procedures, and inefficiencies across Honduran public institutions.

The Honduran business chamber (CIMEQH) called for a halt to a proposed electric-sector reform, citing risks that the legislation could drive up utility rates and lead to privatization of public power assets.

VIP taxi and ride-hailing drivers in Honduras suspect that transport official Blas Ramos, the governor of Francisco Morazán, is orchestrating a crackdown that has seized about 40 vehicles since early June, leaving drivers unable to work and facing fines of L11,000–L14,000 (roughly $440–$560) plus six months of impound fees.

Honduras's disaster agency maintained a yellow weather alert for the Gulf of Fonseca coastline due to high waves from Tropical Depression Cristina, while expanding green alerts to two additional departments as heavy rain threatens to swell rivers across central and eastern regions.