Wednesday, July 15, 2026

The Amhon Honor Court is considering disciplinary action against Yuscarán Mayor Johny Alejandro Carrasco after a July 11 video showed him drinking alcohol inside a municipal building, and Amhon's secretary said the case is under review to determine "what comes next."

Also reported by: La Prensa, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Honduras's judiciary has rolled out an online platform that lets residents request, pay for, and download authenticated copies and criminal-history records at any hour.

A congressional commission is crafting an interagency coordination plan that draws in state institutions, international partners, and civil society to strengthen prevention, victim care, and access to justice under Honduras's child sexual-abuse law.

Tegucigalpa's mayor announced a 68-lempira (about $2.70) increase in the municipal vehicle tax, citing a 4.2% rise in operating costs.

The Liberal Party has offered a counterproposal for electricity-sector reform that would restructure ENEE around state-controlled public companies rather than private commercial ones, aiming to boost operational efficiency while keeping the utility in state hands.

The Central Bank of Honduras is warning the public about fraudulent documents that carry the bank's name and official-looking graphics to solicit payments for nonexistent loans, and it is urging people not to pay or hand over personal data.

The Central Bank of Honduras sold $98.3 million in its daily currency auction on July 14, setting a weighted average exchange rate of L26.7580 per dollar for July 15.

Genesis Energy's natural-gas plant in Puerto Cortés, meant to supply fuel to utility Brassavola and replace diesel generation, has blown past its original November 2024 deadline by nearly two years, with five rescheduled start dates and little visible construction progress.

The Agriculture Ministry announced a L140-million investment (about $5.6 million) to rehabilitate irrigation districts across Honduras, aiming to improve water efficiency, strengthen farm output, and help farmers ride out droughts and climate swings.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

A video circulating on social media shows material flaking off the Pope Francis Bridge in Tegucigalpa, raising concerns about the structure's durability, and Tegucigalpa's mayor says the bridge will stay closed until its safety is confirmed.

The UNICEF representative in Honduras said the country has one of the world's highest rates of adolescent pregnancy, with more than 20,000 girls becoming pregnant each year—many of them under 15, cases classified as sexual assault—and called for coordinated action across schools, families, and communities on both prevention and victim support.

Honduras's fire department has logged 600 snake sightings and rescues so far in 2026, according to the agency's own figures.

Honduras has recorded 5,064 dengue cases and 89 severe ones, with the capital accounting for 24% of infections and teenagers and young adults hit hardest; health authorities also report 12 confirmed measles cases and 15 deaths linked to whooping cough, citing low childhood vaccination rates.

Schools in western Honduras, along with those in Cortés and Francisco Morazán, consistently score highest on UNAH's PHUMA entrance exam, which officials credit to academic preparation, curriculum, and student support rather than a school's name alone.

Heavy rain over the weekend sent the Patuca River over its banks in three municipalities, forcing 160 families to evacuate and wiping out crops including rice, cassava, plantains, corn, and cacao for 200 to 500 families in the region.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Once Noticias, Infobae – Honduras, SEDENA Honduras

Municipal councilman and teacher Henry Valladares was arrested in Danlí on July 13, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student, and Danlí's mayor said authorities will decide whether he is suspended or reinstated.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Infobae – Honduras, Radio América, Poder Judicial Honduras

National Police arrested a man suspected of drug trafficking in Juticalpa, Olancho.

President Nasry Asfura led a symbolic visit to Conejo Island in the Pacific with top civilian and military officials to reassert Honduras's sovereignty after El Salvador sent a diplomatic note demanding that Honduras stop exercising jurisdiction over the territory, citing a 1992 International Court of Justice ruling.

As of May 2026, the external debt of Honduras's central bank consisted of loans (59.4%), Special Drawing Rights allocations (38.8%), and other instruments (1.8%).

Obed García of the ASJ argues that Honduras must streamline its 116 public institutions and trim bureaucratic overhead to spend more efficiently and clear regulatory barriers that slow investment.

Honduras posted a 5.83% annual inflation rate in June, the highest in Central America, with economist Dante Mossi warning that subsidy cuts and rising prices are driving the poor toward extreme hardship and dampening consumer spending.

Juan Carlos Hernández, president of Honduras's Colegio de Economistas, defended the central bank's decision to hold its benchmark interest rate steady, arguing that lower rates could fuel inflation by putting more money in circulation without a matching rise in goods and services.

Honduras's maritime authority has opened jobs on international cruise ships across deck, security, engineering, technical services, IT, and administration, with applications due by July 17.

As of May 2026, Honduras's external public debt stood at $10.76 billion, with 70.1% owed to multilateral organizations, 20.9% to commercial creditors, and 9.0% to bilateral lenders.

Honduras's Opportunity Electricity Market (MEO), created in 2019, is attracting fresh investment in power generation; by May 2026 it supplied 16.62% of national output through 39 plants, though faster payments to generators have raised Enee's purchase costs.

Honduras's banking system holds nearly 200 billion lempiras (about $8 billion) in excess liquidity, and economists say the central bank must manage the surplus and hold its policy rate to avoid stoking inflation.

Finance Minister Emilio Hernández Hércules reported that Honduras has spent more than 42% of its 48-billion-lempira budget (about $1.9 billion) two and a half months after its April approval, with outlays focused on infrastructure, health, and upcoming housing programs through Banhprovi.

Obed García, an economist at the Association for Justice, says Honduras should use public borrowing to fund infrastructure and productive projects rather than other spending, pointing to existing road and economic plans and the need to create jobs for 300,000 unemployed people.

The Honduran fuel distributors' association says price cuts reach consumers more slowly than increases because of volatile global markets, summer demand spikes abroad, and geopolitical uncertainty over Middle Eastern shipping routes.

The national power utility ENEE has announced maintenance outages on July 16 affecting neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and other parts of Honduras, with disruptions running from early morning through mid-afternoon in each area.

The municipal government of Tegucigalpa-Comayagüela is carrying out 14 mitigation and prevention projects to relocate 160,000 people from flood and landslide zones, aiming to finish by year-end and to hand out $400 home-repair bonuses to 100 families hit by recent rains.

Tegucigalpa faces a water shortfall of roughly 100 million cubic meters, and officials say the planned San José dam, while helpful, will not meet the capital's growing demand; authorities are contracting private wells and studying water transfers from other regions.

Firefighters in Catacamas, Olancho, rescued 22-year-old Meyling Griselda Baca Vallejo after her arm became trapped in an industrial tortilla machine; she was taken to a hospital for emergency care.

A management commission appointed by Congress has deepened administrative chaos and political meddling at Honduras's National Agricultural University through irregular appointments, salary increases, and procedural violations, according to a commissioner's complaint.

Honduras's national disaster agency raised Gracias a Dios department to yellow alert on July 15 and kept five Olancho municipalities on green alert for 24 hours as steady rain from an upper-level trough lifts river levels and flood risk along the Caribbean coast.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Two young people vanished while trying to cross the Patuca River in Honduras, and the search continues.

Honduran club Olimpia lost 5–0 to MLS side FC Cincinnati in its second and final warm-up match in the United States, capping a rough tour in which the team conceded eight goals without scoring.

Police arrested a couple accused of drug trafficking and seized cocaine, more than 60,000 lempiras in cash (about $2,400), firearms, and surveillance equipment from a distribution hub in Las Flores, Lempira.

An autopsy confirmed that businessman and rancher Rodbin Antonio Suazo, 49, died from a fall in a remote area of Comayagua, with no criminal involvement, police said.

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

An 11-year-old boy, José Ramón Gutiérrez Maldonado, was fatally stabbed while resting in a hammock in Balfate, Colón; police arrested a man known locally as "Piolín" who is believed to have a mental illness.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Reina Fabiola Salinas Cáceres was convicted of unlawful association after prosecutors argued she was an active member of Pandilla 18 (18th Street Gang), not merely the partner of gang leader Ricky Alexander Zelaya Camacho, alias 'Boxer Huber,' who was arrested in 2017.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Infobae – Honduras