Friday, June 5, 2026

Congress approved a temporary waiver of fines and penalties for 2025 election candidates who failed to file required campaign finance reports or open separate campaign bank accounts, giving them two months to comply before sanctions take effect.

A government commission winding down ministries from the former Castro administration found contracts charging as much as L70,000 (about $2,800) per broadcast minute, along with evidence of political spending and missing computer hard drives, and has referred its findings to the audit court and prosecutors.

A proposal by Liberal congressman Yury Sabas would lower the minimum driving age to 16, allowing teenagers to drive light vehicles between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. under a reformed Traffic Law.

Jorge Alberto Cálix Orellana, whose brother Mario José "Cubeta" Cálix was extradited to the US on drug charges, has been named director of OABI, the state agency that manages assets seized from traffickers—a move a rights lawyer warned could pose conflicts of interest.

The vice president of the Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce warned that despite Honduras's macroeconomic progress, inflation, insecurity, unemployment, and extortion are keeping those gains from improving everyday Hondurans' living standards.

Honduras's central bank sold $81 million at its June 4 foreign-exchange auction, setting a weighted average rate of L26.67 per dollar for June 5.

Domestic rice output has dropped below 500,000 quintals against annual demand of 6 million, leaving Honduras to import about 90% of its supply from the US, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Tegucigalpa's city government announced a plan to ease traffic and cut accidents along the congested eastern highway corridor, working with national transport authorities to overcome past obstacles from organized crime and street vendors.

Biology students at UNAH's Cortés campus are raising money for specialized veterinary care for César, a boa constrictor rescued with severe injuries, including a machete wound near its head.

André Enoc Mejía, 10, is the first Honduran to attend the international space-training program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he will study robotics, astronomy, and aerospace technology before earning junior astronaut certification.

Honduras's meteorological service, Cenaos, forecasts strong thunderstorms and heavy rain across several regions on Friday.

Carlos Eduardo Espina, the new owner of Club Victoria, said the Ceiba-based team will pay players full 12-month salaries even during preseason, a practice he says no other Honduran club follows.

Tegucigalpa will close some roads on June 6 for the 36th Police Race, an event involving national police and residents; authorities advise using alternate routes and following traffic directions.

Concacaf has confirmed the group-stage match dates for Motagua, Olimpia, and Marathón in the 2026 Central America Cup, a four-month regional club tournament running from July through December that feeds into the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup.

Lelis Armando Gabarrete, 38, was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle as he crossed a road near a gas station in San Juan de Opoa, Copán; police are investigating the motive.

Honduran police are investigating a possible link between a land sale and the killing of retired teacher Mercedes Martina Turcios in El Rosario, Comayagua, based on evidence gathered at the scene.

Police arrested Carlos Roberto Cruz Velásquez, 49, on an outstanding warrant in the November 2021 death of Cruz Alexander Soto Elvir, whom authorities say he shot while working as a pharmacy security guard after the victim allegedly robbed a nearby branch.

Elvia Mercedes Gómez, a nurse found dead in her home in San Manuel, Cortés, is being investigated as a possible femicide, with her partner the main suspect; her death brings the toll of women killed violently in Honduras to at least 112 in 2026.

Prosecutors have formally charged a man accused of orchestrating four murders, including the killing of a son of former president Porfirio Lobo Sosa.