Sunday, July 26, 2026 — Evening Edition

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, freed after a US pardon wiped out his 45-year drug-trafficking sentence, will return voluntarily to Honduras on Sunday to face domestic charges of fraud and money laundering, after a Honduran judge suspended the international arrest warrant against him.

Also reported by: Diez, HCH, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio América

Palmerola International Airport urged passengers to arrive early on July 26, warning of heavy traffic on the CA-05 highway as former president Juan Orlando Hernández returns to Honduras.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, Once Noticias

A Honduran research center presented a historical analysis of socioterritorial conflicts in Honduras from 2022 to 2026 at a Central American history conference in El Salvador, tracing trends and challenges.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $83.5 million in its weekly foreign-exchange offering, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.7824 per dollar for July 25–27.

Juan Carlos Hernández, president of Honduras's economics association, says family remittances have strengthened households' ability to pay for food, education, and health, while easing demand for consumer credit.

An investigation reveals that officials in Tegucigalpa's city administration under Jorge Aldana pushed to open one lane of the Papa Francisco Bridge on November 21, 2025, despite known structural cracks and unfinished work; the bridge was closed again in January 2026 after those defects worsened.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The Infrastructure and Transportation Ministry has opened bidding to expand the Helena Kulman Boulevard in El Progreso from the Obelisk to the Baprosa sector, with bids due August 3 and the project fully funded by national money.

University rectors from across Honduras signed a joint declaration pledging to strengthen environmental research, academic cooperation, and sustainable solutions to climate change and disaster risk management.

Honduras's emergency agency declared a 48-hour green alert for Gracias a Dios as heavy rain from a tropical wave and upper-level trough threatens flash flooding and river overflows in the east and north.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Infobae – Honduras, Radio América Honduras

Luis Ángel Guifarro Escobar and Mauricio Benítez died when their fishing boat capsized on the Patuca III reservoir in Olancho on July 24, after sudden high winds and heavy rain hit while five young men were aboard.

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

With a prolonged drought draining reservoirs, Tegucigalpa Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya said water-rationing cycles will lengthen from every 7 days to every 9 days starting next week, to stretch supplies until the September rains arrive.

Referee Saíd Martínez, who recently officiated at the 2026 World Cup, has been chosen by Concacaf for the Leagues Cup (August 4–September 6), featuring Mexican clubs and MLS teams, along with fellow Honduran referees Selvin Brown and Jefferson Escobar.

Also reported by: HCH

Honduran athletes impressed on day two of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, with Josué Matute finishing ninth in the 10-kilometer open-water race and Elián Ávila advancing to the track-and-field final.

Luis Castro, the President's private secretary, was hospitalized after a crash on the CA-5 highway on July 26; officials said no one in the vehicle was seriously injured.

US federal prosecutors charged 11 people with conspiracy and human trafficking resulting in death after seven migrants, including three Hondurans and a 14-year-old boy, died trapped in a sealed train container in extreme heat in Laredo, Texas.

Joceline Lizeth Martínez Martínez, 45, a San Pedro Sula native living in Tegucigalpa, was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing Boulevard Fuerzas Armadas on July 24; she was the daughter of Judge Nelly Lizeth Martínez Martínez.

A 25-year-old Mexican man was arrested in San Pedro Sula, accused of using a cellphone to withdraw more than L190,000 (about $7,600) from ATMs through unauthorized digital transactions.