Sunday, July 12, 2026

With TPS for Honduras formally over and the U.S. Supreme Court clearing the last legal hurdles in June, Hondurans who failed to secure another immigration status have lost work authorization and now risk deportation, while the roughly 21,000 who obtained permanent residency by April 2025 remain protected.

A video showed Yuscarán Mayor Yohny Alejandro Carrasco at a gathering inside city hall, with alcohol present and people joking about splitting municipal transfer funds; Carrasco apologized but did not explain the remark about dividing a million lempiras in government transfers.

The National Registry of Persons reports that more than 14 million Hondurans are registered, 51% of them male and 49% female.

Attorney Pavel Espinal argued that branding the auctioned aircraft "unairworthy" likely scared off potential bidders and raised technical doubts, and he rejected the claim that military aircraft are exempt from airworthiness certification requirements.

The government's liquidation commission says it will finish winding down seven institutions created under the previous administration by August, with the Finance Ministry handling the final administrative steps in September; audits have turned up irregularities now under investigation.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Abraham Molina handed the Public Ministry a file documenting agricultural loans issued without proper regulatory compliance under the previous administration.

The Central Bank of Honduras sold $80.1 million in its July 10 currency auction, setting the average exchange rate at L26.7635 per dollar for July 11–13.

A former Civil Aviation official says Honduras must repair the runways, lighting, drainage, and other infrastructure at Toncontín International Airport to meet safety standards and keep domestic and regional service running.

Tegucigalpa's water utility, UMAPS, has set up WhatsApp lines (9408-3544 and 9398-7054) for residents to report leaks and water waste, as the capital faces a daily shortfall of 69,000 cubic meters and loses nearly half the water it supplies to system failures before it reaches homes.

The CEO of Palmerola International Airport said Honduras faces a contractual penalty of $800,000 a month if it fails to move all flights to Palmerola and fully close Toncontín, though Congress has recommended keeping Toncontín open for domestic flights only once Palmerola begins commercial operations.

Tegucigalpa loses 40–45% of its water supply to deteriorating pipes as the capital's 35-year-old system strains to serve two million people; the city is pursuing $155 million in repairs and a new dam due to open in early 2028.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler announced plans to repave 2.5 kilometers in Dulce Nombre de Culmí (more than 40 million lempiras) and improve 118 kilometers of roads across Olancho to strengthen regional connectivity and economic growth.

Honduras's Health Ministry is urging parents to vaccinate infants as young as 6 months against measles during the current outbreak, with follow-up doses at 12 and 18 months.

Health authorities confirmed that a six-month-old infant in Cortés contracted measles, bringing Honduras's total to 12 cases, and warned that vaccination coverage of just 70% falls well short of the 95% needed to prevent a wider outbreak.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

MLS side Houston Dynamo overwhelmed CD Olimpia 3-0 during a U.S. warm-up tour, with an own goal and a strike from Franco Negri sealing the loss.

Nueva Generación, a youth team from the Garífuna community of Tornabé, won the Copa América Juvenil in Colombia without a loss, beating the host nation 3–2 in the final with backing from Honduras's Sports Ministry.

A serious collision involving several heavy trucks shut down a road in Blanquito, Choloma, Cortés, after the vehicles lodged across the highway.

A teacher in Morazán, Yoro, accused of physically and verbally assaulting a 15-year-old student will remain free as her case proceeds after a court rejected the prosecutor's request for pretrial detention, with her lawyer citing her community ties and clean record.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio América, Poder Judicial Honduras

Police arrested a 16-year-old accused in the September 2025 shooting death of 66-year-old merchant Ada Díaz in La Ceiba; authorities say the killing may have stemmed from mistaken identity, with the victim allegedly confused for a rival gang informant.

A reported kidnapping of a delivery worker in Olanchito turned out to be an intimidation scam in which fraudsters used his personal information to frighten him into staying put.

Transport leader Jorge Lanza says the sector pays extortionists more than 18 billion lempiras (about $720 million) a year and is calling for stronger government strategies to fight the problem.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Lawyer Reyna Rivera warns that Honduras's special economic zones (ZEDEs) are widening their territorial control despite a 2024 Supreme Court ruling that declared them unconstitutional and Congress's repeal of the law that created them, with 4% of Roatán now under their jurisdiction.

A Libre congressman said the opposition party supports modernizing the state power company ENEE but rejects splitting it into separate corporations, exposing a sharp divide between the parties over the utility's future.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Economist Ismael Zepeda questions the performance of Honduras's Superior Court of Accounts, which drew a budget of more than 1 billion lempiras (about $40 million) yet referred only five cases of alleged illicit enrichment by officials to prosecutors in four years.

Defense Minister Enrique Rodríguez Burchard confirmed that revenue from the sale of Honduras's presidential aircraft, which fetched L137 million (about $5.5 million), will go to health, education, and the National Autonomous University of Honduras.

The Finance Ministry has completed transfers to all 298 Honduran municipalities through June, letting local governments keep carrying out projects and delivering services.

Honduras's vehicle fleet grew to 3.6 million in 2025, with motorcycles making up more than half the increase and now accounting for 50.12% of all registered vehicles, driven by lower prices, easy financing, and fuel efficiency.

Potatoes at the Farmer and Artisan Fair near the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa have climbed to 28 lempiras per pound (about $1.12), while dairy prices have fallen.

Honduras's monthly inflation fell to 0.19% in June 2026, the lowest for that month since 2020 and down 0.63 percentage points from May's 0.82%, a second straight monthly decline.

Honduras's banking and insurance regulator is warning the public about fraudulent messages that falsely claim to come from the CNBS and ask for identity verification, data updates, or biometric validation to unlock financial products.

Coffee producer Víctor Barahona projects Honduras's coffee exports will hit $2.5 billion this season.

Honduras's consumer-protection committee (CODECOH) will begin price-monitoring raids in Tegucigalpa this week, warning that shops charging above official prices will face legal penalties.

Construction of a new cargo terminal in Omoa, Cortés, is drawing concern from local tourism businesses and environmentalists over a lack of public transparency, possible harm to marine ecosystems and fishing, and threats to the region's tourism economy.

The state utility ENEE announced scheduled power cuts in several Choloma neighborhoods, in Cortés, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on July 13 for transmission-line maintenance.

A group of swimmers were pulled from the sea after their tour boat sank off the coast of Tela on July 12.

Hospital Escuela has treated 65 snakebite patients from nine departments in 2026, ranging in age from 2 to 85, prompting health authorities to urge immediate medical care and warn against home remedies.

Also reported by: Criterio.hn

The mother of the student who filmed teacher Perla Díaz striking another student said she told her daughter to record it because the teacher had verbally attacked students before.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), HCH, Once Noticias

Honduras will see mostly dry weather with light scattered rain in the east, center, and west, highs peaking at 39°C in Choluteca, and air-quality concerns from Saharan dust at 35 micrograms per cubic meter; authorities urge hydration and respiratory protection.

Rising waters on the Río Pataste have isolated communities including La Sabana and Hato Viejo in Olancho, leaving residents unable to move about and appealing to authorities for help.

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

National Police border agents seized merchandise worth more than 6 million lempiras (about $240,000) and arrested two suspects in El Paraíso department during a border operation.

A minibus overturned on the CA-5 highway near El Durazno on Sunday afternoon, injuring seven passengers when it hit a sedan; the cause remains unclear, though it was raining and the pavement was wet at the time.

Cristóbal Cortés Cartagena, 39, was arrested by US Border Patrol in Texas on July 4 after illegally reentering the country; convicted of child sexual abuse in California in 2010 and deported twice, he now faces up to 20 years in federal prison for felony reentry.

National Police say they recovered 277 stolen vehicles and arrested suspected leaders of car-theft rings operating in Tegucigalpa during 2026.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

A man was killed by attackers on a motorcycle at a soccer field in Olanchito, Yoro, and died after being taken to a local hospital; authorities have not released his identity.