Wednesday, June 10, 2026 — Evening Edition

Honduras has 162 pending requests to bring home the bodies of Hondurans who died overseas, and the Foreign Ministry is offering financial aid to families who cannot cover the costs while working through legal procedures that vary by how the person died.

VIP taxi and ride-hailing drivers in Honduras suspect that transport official Blas Ramos, the governor of Francisco Morazán, is behind 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.

Taxi-stand operators called off nationwide protests and agreed to work with Congress on a digital platform and regulatory reforms, as lawmakers pledged to open talks on licensing and competition from illegal services.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

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

The Asfura administration and the Inter-American Development Bank agreed to set up a technical working group to pilot an AI platform designed to flag overlapping regulations, excessive procedures, and inefficiencies across Honduran public institutions.

The Public Ministry is investigating whether campaign funds from former Liberal presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla were illegally diverted to foreign accounts, allegations Nasralla denies as political persecution.

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

Also reported by: El Heraldo

A congresswoman from Colón has introduced a bill to open a regional office of the State Secretariat for Human Rights in the department, aiming to bring human-rights services closer to residents and strengthen their protections.

The Central Bank reported that private-sector savings topped 681.7 billion lempiras as of late May 2026, up 13.9% from a year earlier, driven mainly by household deposits and growing confidence in the financial system.

Credit to Honduras's private sector keeps expanding, fueled by rising demand for business financing tied to stronger investment and economic activity, the Central Bank reports.

Congress is weighing a reform to exclude performance bonuses, gratuities, and overtime pay from income-tax calculations, a move an economist says would reward workers' effort but could open the door to tax evasion without proper state oversight.

Honduras's foreign-exchange inflows are growing faster than its outflows, opening a positive gap driven mainly by family remittances and exports of goods and services, the Central Bank said.

Repairs to La Reforma Street in Tegucigalpa's El Manchén neighborhood are 90% complete after a sinkhole opened near San Pablo Market, and officials say the work will soon restore traffic and safety on a key alternate route in the capital.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government and water department delivered more than 20,000 gallons of drinking water to residents of the Las Ayestas and El Bosque neighborhoods during temporary shortages.

Though Tropical Storm Boris poses no direct threat, a separate tropical depression forming off the Pacific coast will push moisture inland, dumping heavy rain on eight southwestern, central, and southern departments and raising the risk of flooding and landslides.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Heavy rains in Yoro on Tuesday again triggered the region's famous fish rain, with residents of Centro Poblado finding fish on the ground and sharing images on social media.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Natanael Martínez, a 24-year-old midfielder from Olanchito who played in US amateur tournaments and the USL League One, has signed with Marathón for the upcoming Liga Nacional seasons.

National Police arrested a man suspected of drug dealing during a raid in Morazán, Yoro.

Residents of the Smith neighborhood in San Pedro Sula alerted police to an unusual odor coming from a trash pile, where officers found the dismembered remains of a man estimated at 35 years old, with signs of torture; the body was taken to the morgue unidentified.

A gun attack at a taxi stand in the El Centro neighborhood of Choloma wounded a taxi driver and a 25-year-old woman.

Police arrested a woman in Trujillo on a court warrant for murder, illegal weapons possession, and unlawful detention.