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Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler called urgent talks with the taxi sector and transport regulator IHTT after drivers threatened a strike next week over fuel-linked fare disputes, as the government holds CA-5 highway toll rates flat and absorbs a 256-million-lempira deficit.

Honduras's taxi drivers union is threatening a work stoppage next week after failing to reach an agreement with transport authorities on fare increases, citing rising fuel prices that erode driver incomes.

Rideshare and app-based drivers held a protest in Tegucigalpa demanding clearer regulations and legal permits after the land-transport authority seized dozens of vehicles and imposed fines in recent operations.

The IHTT has intensified raids in the capital to remove unauthorized VIP taxis from circulation, confiscating roughly 50 vehicles so far and imposing fines of 11,000 lempiras and six-month vehicle seizures on operators of the estimated 900 illegal cabs competing with authorized taxi services.

The head of Honduras's land-transport authority said the government may call taxi operators to negotiate a rollback of the L5 provisional fare increase granted during higher fuel prices, if pump prices continue to decline.