Sunday, June 7, 2026

A bill headed to Congress on June 10 would create a Judicial Council to handle administrative duties—hiring, promotions, and discipline—with safeguards against nepotism, conflicts of interest, and political interference, separating those functions from the Supreme Court's judicial work.

The Public Ministry removed General Ramiro Muñoz Bonilla as head of the National Anti-Narcotics Directorate (DLCN) and named Commissioner Ever Danilo Mejía Mejía, who brings more than 30 years in security and criminal investigation, including 17 years working with US agencies such as the DEA and FBI.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Health authorities in the capital have opened vaccination clinics at shopping malls, supermarkets, and the national university to widen access to flu, tetanus, and measles shots, after Honduras confirmed two imported measles cases.

A 22-year-old man in Yoro climbed onto a bridge over the Machigua River on Friday morning, and firefighters coaxed him to safety and handed him over to his mother after providing psychological support.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two low-pressure areas off Central America and Mexico with 70% and 80% chances of becoming cyclones within seven days, while tropical storm Amanda poses no threat to the region.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Lionel Messi took part in a full training session with Argentina's squad in Texas on Friday, a day before the friendly against Honduras, as the captain continues to recover from injury.

The Honduras national team found its scheduled practice field in Houston flooded after heavy rain and moved to alternate facilities to prepare for a friendly against Argentina.

Authorities arrested former congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla and three others on suspicion of masterminding a murder and attempted murder in Copán, and prosecutors say scientific evidence links him to the crimes and that one may be tied to his son's kidnapping.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Once Noticias, Radio América, Ministerio Público (X)

A 20-year-old man was arrested on a warrant in Patuca, Olancho, on suspicion of the aggravated rape of his 8-year-old niece, authorities said.

Also reported by: Policía Nacional de Honduras

A judge has ordered the return of 81 vehicles and four properties to former police Subcommissioner Jorge Barralaga, who was acquitted of money laundering after five and a half years in custody, though his defense disputes the sale of 23 seized vehicles at below-market prices.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Radio HRN

Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting his former partner in Siguatepeque.

Honduras and a dozen other countries in the Shield of the Americas coalition voiced support for Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and condemned attempts to destabilize his government, warning that protests and roadblocks are choking off supplies of food and medicine.

Honduras will cut gasoline and kerosene prices by more than four lempiras a gallon starting June 8, while a government subsidy keeps the price of household liquefied gas frozen.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Tegucigalpa's water utility has revised its service schedule through June 15, leaving some neighborhoods without water for as long as six days as reservoir levels stay critically low following a May 26 emergency declaration.

The state utility ENEE has scheduled power cuts on Monday, June 8, in Puerto Cortés and surrounding areas for maintenance on distribution lines, hitting hotels, the port authority, and residential neighborhoods from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Health authorities confirmed a third imported measles case in Corinto, Omoa, a border area of Cortés, as the virus spreads actively in Guatemala and neighboring countries; officials say there is no community transmission yet but are stepping up vaccination and contact tracing.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Honduras logged 1,007 forest fires during the extended dry season, burning 93,634 hectares nationwide, with Olancho hit hardest and officials warning of serious threats to water supplies.

Honduras's National Autonomous University begins its second and final 2026 admissions cycle on June 8, with applicants signing up for the vocational test and the PHUMA entrance exam ahead of the August 14 test date.

Honduras's government and teachers' unions struck a wage deal after seven hours of talks, ending weeks of strikes with a pay raise and back pay, and both sides pledged to keep talking about structural education reforms.

A tropical wave crossing Central America will bring scattered to moderate rain and lightning to much of Honduras on Sunday, with the heaviest totals in the southwest and central regions.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Honduras's meteorological agency is tracking two low-pressure systems over the Pacific that could grow into tropical cyclones, bringing heavy rain Monday and Tuesday as warm ocean temperatures feed the storms.

Also reported by: HCH

Marco Tulio Rodas Matamoros, 28, a sports producer for Televicentro's TVC Deportes in Honduras, drowned after being caught in a rip current at El Zonte beach in El Salvador.

Cristian Canales, a 19-year-old center back who left relegation-threatened CD Choloma after Olimpia signed him, made his senior Honduras debut against Argentina, with veteran Denil Maldonado urging him before kickoff to play with confidence.

Honduras coach José Francisco Molina turned defensive and confrontational with reporters after the national team's 2–0 loss to Argentina, brushing off criticism of a poor performance and saying he remains satisfied with the squad's effort.

Honduran defender Andy Najar of Nashville SC has been named to the MLS All-Star team that will face Mexico's Liga MX stars on July 29 in Charlotte, joining Argentina's Lionel Messi and South Korea's Son Heung-Min.

A federal judge has indefinitely postponed sentencing former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan to weigh overturning her obstruction-of-justice conviction, which stemmed from her alleged role in helping a Honduran immigrant evade federal agents — a conviction her defense says rested on a legal theory an appeals court has since invalidated.

Police detained at a hospital the woman accused of giving birth and abandoning her newborn daughter in brush in Lempira; she will face aggravated child abandonment charges once she recovers, while the infant remains stable under medical observation.

A Honduran court ordered Williams Izaguirre, arrested Friday in the May 21 killing of 20 workers at an African palm plantation in Colón, held in pretrial detention alongside alleged mastermind Carlos Mencías, alias 'El Gato Negro,' in a case tied to fruit theft and a decades-old land dispute.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN, Radio América

Masked gunmen broke into a home in the Opoteca village of El Rosario, Comayagua, and shot Kevin López dead in front of his pregnant wife.

Sairy Portillo Betancour, 51, a Honduran who had recently returned from the United States, died of third-degree burns over 99 percent of his body after his motorcycle collided with a bus and caught fire Thursday in San Pedro Sula's Barandillas neighborhood, at an intersection with no visible traffic sign.