Saturday, June 27, 2026 — Evening Edition

Honduras recorded more than 1.6 million migrant crossings from January through mid-June 2026, most of them at the El Amatillo land border and Ramón Villeda Morales Airport, an increase driven by recovering tourism and regional transit.

Honduras's Constitutional Court granted an amparo, a constitutional remedy, to former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo, ruling that the original decision on his pretrial detention in an extortion case violated due process and ordering an appeals court to issue a new, properly reasoned ruling.

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

A civil-society leader says Honduras must petition the US government directly to renew Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans, arguing that a recent Supreme Court ruling shows the courts alone won't secure it and that Honduras can cite natural disasters as grounds.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The Public Ministry is reviewing expert testimony and may soon file charges against former members of Congress's Permanent Commission, led by Luis Redondo, over alleged electoral irregularities.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, El Libertador

The Christian Democracy Party announced Friday that it had cut ties with congressman Godofredo Fajardo, declaring that his votes and actions in Congress are now his alone.

The Defense Ministry has opened an international public auction to sell off the presidential Embraer Legacy 600.

Also reported by: SEDENA Honduras, Radio Cadena Voces (X), Radio América Honduras

The Central Bank's Global Real Effective Exchange Rate Index rose 2.34% year over year in May 2026, a fifth straight month of improved export competitiveness driven by favorable exchange-rate movements.

Transport operators say they will not cut urban bus fares in the capital until diesel and gasoline fall to L75 (about $3) a gallon, calling recent price declines insufficient.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $93.8 million in its daily currency sale on June 26, setting the exchange rate at L26.7217 per dollar for the weekend and Monday.

The Housing Ministry plans to subsidize home purchases for about 5,000 low-income families by year's end, earmarking more than 1 billion lempiras (about $40 million) in direct credits and state subsidies for households earning less than half the minimum wage.

Ficohsa has opened a branch in El Zamorano, Francisco Morazán—its first in the area—to provide banking and financial services to the region's farming, business, and academic communities.

Egg prices at Tegucigalpa's farmers market are unchanged this week, with a 30-egg flat of large eggs at 95 lempiras (about $3.80), but vendors warn that tighter supply, especially of large eggs, could push prices up next week.

The International Organization for Migration is recruiting for eight positions in supply chain, protection, and mental health across Honduras's two largest cities, with applications due by June 29.

Renewable-energy generators say that once Congress approves planned reforms to the electricity sector, investment opportunities will expand sharply.

Hondurodendron urceolatum, a tree discovered between 2004 and 2006 and formally described in 2010, grows nowhere on Earth but Cusuco National Park in Cortés, a testament to the biodiversity of Honduras's cloud forests.

Kenneth Daniel Banegas Mejía, 17, a Honduran youth footballer playing in Granada's amateur leagues, died after falling from a rooftop in Almuñécar, Spain, and his clubs and the regional football federation mourned a talented player whom teammates compared to Ronaldinho.

Police arrested a 24-year-old Choloma resident in Cortés on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing nine packets of suspected cocaine during a patrol in the Las Américas neighborhood as part of a public-safety operation.

A court acquitted José Rodimiro Arita, former director of the La Tolva maximum-security prison, of money laundering and criminal association but convicted him of breach of duty for failing to report 445,000 lempiras (about $17,800) that entered the facility; sentencing is set for August 4.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Poder Judicial Honduras

Two people died and others were injured in a serious crash in Marcovia, Choluteca, with the victims preliminarily identified as Kevin Ávila and Reyna García.

Emely Melissa Zaens, a 23-year-old American, was found dead in a home in Comayagüela's Berlín neighborhood on June 26 after reportedly taking a painkiller and an energy drink, and authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Taisha Urias, a Honduran content creator and makeup artist, posted viral TikTok videos describing alleged verbal, psychological, and physical abuse during her marriage and said she has filed complaints and obtained protective measures.