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Honduras's National Congress approved a resolution to provide logistical support for transporting humanitarian donations to Venezuela following recent earthquakes, coordinating the shipment of food, medicine, and essential supplies.

The Public Ministry rejected former Congress president Luis Rolando Redondo's appeal of a June 2 decision to maintain secrecy around his investigation into his role at the now-defunct Permanent Commission, finding the prosecutor properly withheld details to protect the inquiry.

Former Energy Secretary Erick Tejada says Honduras's state power company needs eight years to recover from deep structural problems, and warns that the government's no-subsidy policy is pushing electricity rate increases onto ordinary Hondurans.

A man identified as Ernesto Vaca was killed after being struck by a motorcycle on a main street in the Ramón Amaya neighborhood of Comayagüela, Tegucigalpa.

Marvin Ponce alleged Wednesday that five Liberal Party members of Congress are demanding bribes in exchange for votes on energy reforms aimed at reducing electricity theft and restructuring the state utility into three separate entities.

A Paradigma poll shows Eduardo Maldonado leading the Liberal primary with 55%, Tomás Zambrano favored in the National Party primary, and Rixi Moncada in the Free Honduras primary.

National Police antidrug teams seized 154 packages of alleged cocaine hidden beneath the seats of a pickup truck during a checkpoint operation in Namasigüe, Choluteca.

A woman died early Sunday when her car struck an electrical pole on the Peripheral Ring road near Tegucigalpa's Quezada neighborhood; authorities suspect excessive speed caused the crash, which left another person injured.

Residents discovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man floating at a waterfall in Zambrano on June 28; locals suspect he may have fallen accidentally, and authorities are investigating whether it matches Oscar Orlando Canales, missing since June 17.

Martín Adonis Grandes Velásquez, a 29-year-old barber, was shot and killed in the Sandoval Sorto neighborhood of San Pedro Sula; authorities are investigating the motive.

Two people died and others were injured in a serious traffic accident in Marcovia, Choluteca, with the victims preliminarily identified as Kevin Ávila and Reyna García.

Transport operators say they will not reduce urban bus fares in the capital until diesel and gasoline fall to L75 (about $3) per gallon, citing insufficient relief from current fuel-price declines.

A young motorcyclist, Marlon Gerardo Antúnez Díaz, died after a traffic accident on a median of Boulevard Kuwait in Tegucigalpa.

The Health Ministry has declared a local dengue epidemic in Olancho's municipalities of Juticalpa and Catacamas, with epidemiological data showing rising cases that officials say require urgent intervention to prevent wider spread.

One person died and several others were injured when a vehicle overturned in Santa Rita, Santa Bárbara department; the deceased was identified as Adán Aguilar, and the injured are receiving treatment at Santa Bárbara Integrated Hospital.

The Public Ministry filed pretrial charges against former Congress president Luis Redondo and 11 former members of the dissolved Permanent Commission on six counts.

Eleven Honduran police officers will learn their sentences on June 29 for allegedly planting evidence on two Filipino nationals and robbing them during an illegal 2023 raid in Villanueva, Cortés.

Congresswoman Iroshka Elvir of the Liberal Party criticized the government's pause on eight hospital projects begun under former president Xiomara Castro, arguing the freeze favors private healthcare over public services.

Investigators from the Public Ministry's Criminal Investigation Agency are conducting a third day of document seizures at the Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, seeking records on hospital construction projects in Olancho, Ocotepeque, and Santa Bárbara initiated under the previous administration.

A judge ordered three former municipal councilors from Tocoa to stand trial on charges of abuse of authority in a case involving harm to the state, but released them on condition of monthly check-ins rather than pretrial detention.

Honduras's National Autonomous University (UNAH) has failed for a second consecutive year to appear in the QS World University Rankings 2027, one of the world's most influential higher-education assessments.

The first shipment of new John Deere graders and tractors arrived at Puerto Cortés from Brazil on Friday as part of President Nasry Asfura's program to strengthen the operational capacity of all 298 municipal governments in Honduras.

Honduran chef Sandra Isabel Díaz del Valle died after receiving treatment for severe neck pain and stiffness at a private clinic on June 10, with medical records now detailing the diagnoses, medications, and procedures during the emergency that led to her death.

National Police arrested a 42-year-old man from Guayape, Olancho, on an outstanding murder warrant, identifying him as the suspected leader of the criminal organization known as 'El Zanate,' which operates in that municipality.

Ex-Health Minister Carla Paredes joined residents of Santa Bárbara in demanding that construction of eight hospitals begun under former President Xiomara Castro continue, challenging authorities to investigate any claims of cost inflation and irregularities.

A man identified as Noé Mejía Vásquez was killed by gunfire in the Segua sector of San Miguelito, Intibucá; authorities are investigating the motive.

Residents of Ocotepeque blocked part of the CA-4 highway to demand that national power utility ENEE fix chronic blackouts causing economic losses and daily disruptions across the department.

Arelys Barahona-Martínez, the spouse of a Honduran armed forces veteran, was arrested by US immigration authorities on June 10 during a routine check-in in Texas and transferred to ICE detention, separating the family.

The Supreme Court of Justice suspended the arrest warrant against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, clearing his return to Honduras on July 31 to face fraud and money-laundering charges in the case known as Pandora II, with voluntary court appearance set for August 3.

Firefighters and multiple rescue teams are searching for two people, including a woman who arrived early for work, buried when a hillside gave way onto a warehouse and triggered a fire.