Monday, June 22, 2026 — Evening Edition

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.