Monday, June 22, 2026

Congress approved a temporary six-month administrative amnesty allowing Hondurans to legally register commercial firearms without original purchase documents, provided they pass a background check and submit to ballistic inspection.

The National Agrarian Institute and the Central District Municipality have signed an agreement to distribute property titles to residents of villages near Tegucigalpa.

The Liberal Party's Congress members say they secured a clause prohibiting direct and indirect privatization of Honduras's national electricity utility, though they continue to raise concerns about sector competition, tariff reduction, energy theft, and the company's debt relief plan.

Honduras's new gasoline and diesel pricing structure will take effect at all stations nationwide at 6:00 a.m. on Monday.

A study by the Honduran private-sector council found that blackouts and electrical interruptions cost businesses approximately L1.2 billion (about $48 million) a year, with small firms hit hardest, as the government pushes energy-sector reforms.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler announced arrival of 1,524 vehicles for the national road agency, aimed at accelerating highway maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction work across the country, with priority given to strategic corridors and deteriorated routes.

Jesús Alexis Maradiaga, a four-year-old from Santa Cruz de Yojoa who fell from a bus on May 21 and spent weeks in intensive care after two emergency surgeries, was discharged from IHSS on June 19; his grandfather's photo of prayer at the hospital's pediatric ICU had gone viral, drawing nationwide prayers for the child's recovery.

A toddler admitted to Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa with fever developed severe complications after receiving phenytoin intravenously, resulting in purple discoloration and potential loss of his left arm; hospital officials say a hyperbaric specialist will evaluate whether the limb can be saved.

A dialysis unit in Yoro suspended its second shift, leaving about 50 kidney patients without care, after the contractor's salary payments—including a 14th-month bonus—were held up by retained Health Ministry funds, putting lives at immediate risk.

Senasa director Rafael Rodríguez affirmed that Honduras remains disease-free in its pig herds, a status he said strengthens domestic pork production and ensures safe meat for consumers.

The president of Honduras's association of artisanal and small-scale miners says the government loses up to $250 million annually in tax revenue due to illegal mining operations.

Honduras's National Autonomous University (UNAH) fell out of the QS World University Rankings 2027 for the second consecutive year after appearing in the list for four years, marking a competitive setback for public higher education in Honduras.

Honduras's intellectual-property office has set penalties up to L2.98 million (about $119,000) plus equipment seizure for restaurants, bars, and platforms broadcasting the 2026 World Cup without authorization, with Tigo Sports holding the exclusive pay-TV rights and Televicentro offering free-to-air coverage.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, Diez

The National Football League unanimously approved an expansion to 12 clubs for the 2026–27 season in an ordinary assembly held in San Pedro Sula, marking a significant structural change to the Honduran championship.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN

José Miguel Cardona Pérez died Saturday morning in Santa Fe, Ocotepeque, after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck near a gas station; he arrived at a clinic with vital signs but succumbed to his injuries minutes later.

Five members of the Reyes family were found slain in their San Pedro Sula home on June 17, 2004; investigators suspect drug trafficking, but no one has been convicted in the case despite evidence of hidden compartments and unexplained wealth.

Firefighters controlled a fire that erupted following a vehicle accident near a gas station on Calle de Los Alcaldes, with emergency crews treating three people injured in the incident.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

A judge ordered three former municipal councilors from Tocoa to stand trial on charges of abuse of authority in a case involving harm to the state, but freed them on condition of monthly check-ins rather than holding them in pretrial detention.

The US Embassy in Honduras has opened a visa program letting Hondurans over 60 who have not seen their migrant children in more than a decade travel legally to the United States to reunite with them, with the Fundación Hermano Lejano guiding applicants through the process.

Attorney Omar Menjívar argues that a bipartisan electricity-sector reform moving through Congress would leave the state-owned utility ENEE intact while gradually handing control of power delivery to private companies, pointing to how Hondutel declined after losing core telecom functions to private providers.

ENEE has scheduled maintenance outages on June 23 affecting La Guama and nearby towns (8:30 AM–4:30 PM), San Pedro Sula neighborhoods (8:45 AM–2:45 PM), and Juticalpa and much of Olancho (8:00 AM–4:00 PM).

Also reported by: Radio HRN

A high-tech linear accelerator donated to Hospital San Felipe and installed earlier this year remains unused because the government has requested an additional L120 million (about $4.8 million) to get it running, without clearly explaining why or how the sum relates to the L100 million already spent on equipment.

Honduras has recorded 191 cases of human botfly infection in the first six months of 2026, with health authorities warning the pace may surpass last year's total of 300 cases and noting three deaths already this year.

Starting August 1, Honduras will move vaccination records from paper to a national digital system, letting health authorities track immunizations in real time, identify people due for doses, and sharpen disease-prevention planning.

Honduras's health regulator lifted all restrictions on sales of Musflex (carisoprodol) muscle relaxants, allowing pharmacies to dispense the drug without a prescription and easing supply concerns.

UNAH's Morazán nanosatellite, built with Japanese backing and chosen as winner of the UN's KiboCUBE competition, is on track for an April 2027 launch — but only if Congress ratifies the international space treaties Honduras needs to take part.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake centered about 36 kilometers southeast of Froylán Turcios in Olancho on Monday caused no reported damage or injuries, authorities said.

Julio Gómez was arrested in Sonaguera after allegedly beating his live-in partner, Suyapa Zamora, to death with a wooden club in the Arenas community on June 17, saying he was jealous of her alleged interest in his cousin.

Also reported by: HCH

Three Hondurans were found dead in Missouri in what authorities suspect was carbon-monoxide poisoning from a running vehicle; a surviving child is in care, and Honduras's Foreign Ministry is coordinating the identification and repatriation of the victims.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Colonel Juan Carlos Osorto, former director of Honduras's main prison in Támara, faces accusations of sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and coercion from female staff, along with an investigation into L8 million (about $320,000) missing from prison canteen funds.