Friday, June 19, 2026 — Evening Edition

The European Union will hold seminars on June 18 in San Pedro Sula and June 22 in Tegucigalpa to train journalists, academics, and civic leaders to spot and counter disinformation, AI-generated content, and foreign interference that threaten Honduras's information integrity and democracy.

Also reported by: Unión Europea en Honduras

Court officials said Honduras's Audit Court (TSC) has been ordered to investigate the tenures of two former Supreme Court presidents, Rebeca Ráquel and Rolando Argueta.

A transportation businessman says the electoral authority owes his company 37 million lempiras (about $1.5 million) for services during Honduras's primary elections, and that the delayed payment has pushed his business toward collapse.

Fake social media accounts tied to a pro–Partido Nacional news outlet have systematically posted comments attacking the credibility and impartiality of the independent expert group investigating her murder, borrowing legal jargon to discredit the panel's January 2026 findings.

Congress began a first reading of an 18-article bill to reorganize Honduras's electrical system, with stated aims of lowering costs, improving service, reducing blackouts, and keeping the state utility ENEE in public hands.

The Liberal Party's congressional bloc said it will not back a reform of the state power utility ENEE unless the proposal explicitly guarantees the company will not be privatized.

Honduras's joint military commander said the country is in talks with the United States about joint "combat operations" against organized crime under Trump's Americas Anti-Cartel Coalition, with the final decision resting with President Nasry Asfura.

Congress unanimously approved the Transparency and Centralized Beneficial-Owner Registry Law, which aims to identify the ultimate owners of legal entities and structures to fight money laundering, terrorism financing, corruption, and organized crime.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Honduras's private sector says chronic blackouts cause direct losses of more than 1.2 billion lempiras (about $48 million) a year in lost production, and is calling for structural energy reforms rather than temporary fixes.

Some Honduran businesses are being fined for playing music without copyright permits, prompting Congressman Rashid Mejía to ask whether the enforcement unfairly burdens entrepreneurs while artists' royalty rights remain in dispute.

Roatán's municipal government unveiled new traffic signs and vehicle-management measures for the congested Los Fuertes sector, setting aside dedicated zones for public transport and improving coordination between transit and municipal police to ease congestion and improve road safety.

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

Honduras's state utility ENEE will cut power on June 19 in parts of Francisco Morazán, Yoro, and Cortés for substation maintenance and transmission-line work, with the Central District affected from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and El Progreso from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Analysts say Honduras's state electricity utility, ENEE, needs $6 billion in investment over the next ten years to improve service nationwide.

Honduras has recorded 175 confirmed cases of whooping cough and 14 deaths in 2026, a 53.5% increase over the same period last year, with most cases and deaths among infants and young children who have not completed their vaccinations.

Public Ministry spokeswoman Lorena Cálix said the office will not open a criminal investigation into the poisoning of a family in La Esperanza, Intibucá, who ate toxic mushrooms, finding no sign of third-party involvement and treating it as an isolated health matter.

Honduran coffee exporters say all of the country's coffee farms are ready for assessment under new European Union rules that ban imports from cleared forest land, a requirement for selling into European markets.

Heavy rains have left streets underwater for days in the Montefresco Este neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, closing schools and disrupting commerce, and residents say the chronic drainage problem persists despite years of complaints.

Honduran forward Antony Lozano has left Santos Laguna after two injury-plagued seasons, ending his run with the Mexican club on June 16.

Honduran forward Luis Palma and Polish champion Lech Poznań will face Denmark's Aarhus GF in the second qualifying round of the 2026–27 Champions League, with the matches set for late July.

Investigators said the crane involved in the June 18 crash on CA-5 that killed seven police officers had no valid operating permit, though its three drivers held valid licenses, and that preliminary findings point to excessive speed causing the driver to lose control on a downhill curve.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

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

The trial of three men accused of carrying out the 2024 killing of environmental leader Juan López has been pushed to January 18, 2027, to add new evidence from the arrests of three more suspects charged with ordering the crime.

A 24-year-old in Choluteca says he lost L22,000 (about $880) in remittance money meant for home-construction materials when an elderly man used a sleight-of-hand trick to swap his cash for paper outside a bank on June 17.