Friday, August 7, 2026

A court hearing for Roosevelt Hernández, the former joint chief of staff charged in connection with alleged attacks on press freedom, was rescheduled after his defense cited a conflicting court date.

Attorney General Dagoberto Aspra said Juan Orlando Hernández threatened a PGR prosecutor during an August 3 hearing in the Pandora II fraud and money-laundering case, leading Aspra to take over the case himself at the next hearing, set for August 12.

Also reported by: El Libertador

Congress and Honduras's Joint Chiefs of Staff are reviewing the Armed Forces Organic Law to strengthen safeguards against politicization, particularly after concerns raised during the 2025 primary elections.

The US dollar strengthened to 26.81 lempiras for buying and 26.94 for selling on August 6, according to the Central Bank's official rate, a shift that affects imports, prices, and remittances to Honduran families.

Honduras formally launched its 2026 national census, using digital mapping and geolocation to gather population and housing data that will steer public investment toward the neediest municipalities.

Also reported by: La Prensa

Sedesol says more than 29,000 applications to its 2026 National Scholarship Program are under technical and documentary review, with the first contract-signing session for approved applicants set for August 10.

Eighteen schools in the departments of Cortés, Santa Bárbara, and Colón received their annual support from Mexico's three-decade-old Escuelas México program, which gives each school $1,000 for repairs, furniture, and teacher training.

The Ministry of Education named the 61 public and private schools that will march in Tegucigalpa's September 15 independence parade, grouped into five blocks by district, with Instituto Central Vicente Cáceres closing the procession.

The Education Committee is finalizing a plan to distribute more than 20,000 printed booklets on principles and values to all public-school students, with the materials donated by a Costa Rican NGO at no cost to Honduras and participation left voluntary for families.

A Spanish visitor posted on social media that he had been fined 6,000 lempiras in Juticalpa for allegedly filming on a public street, touching off an online debate over whether the citation was legal.

Kervin Arriaga, a Honduran midfielder for the Spanish club Levante, returned from injury Wednesday in a preseason friendly against Villarreal, coming on in the second half as Levante lost 1–0.

Lily Guevara, 17, earned Honduras a berth at the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima with her performance in the all-around final at the Santo Domingo Central American and Caribbean Games, cementing her status as a rising national figure in artistic gymnastics.

Two men were killed in the La Llorona community of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho; early reports say the victims sold plastic products, and authorities had not yet reached the scene.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Emily Dayana Muñoz, 9, was taken from her home in Sabá, Colón, on August 2, found dead in a plastic bag the next day, and buried Tuesday as her family and community pressed authorities to find her killer; a preliminary autopsy confirmed she died violently from blunt-force trauma to the head.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Once Noticias

Authorities recovered the badly decomposed remains of an unidentified man from a water well in La Ceiba, Atlántida, as police and forensic teams work to identify him and determine what happened.

Panelists at Contracorriente Fest 2026 in Tegucigalpa argued that fighting organized crime demands strong institutions, prevention, and transparency rather than emergency measures that erode democratic rights, pointing to El Salvador's mass detentions and documented human-rights abuses.

Gasoline and diesel prices will rise on August 10, with diesel climbing the most—L4.80 per gallon in Tegucigalpa—while the government keeps subsidizing household cooking gas to soften the blow.

Honduras's customs agency collected L41 billion ($1.64 billion) through July 30, topping its mid-year target by more than 102%, with strong revenue from imports, vehicles, and fuel fueling confidence it will surpass the full-year goal of L69 billion.

Bean prices rose by up to 10 lempiras per measure in Tegucigalpa this week, and nine vegetables and eggs climbed as well, adding 52 to 82 lempiras to household food costs at a time when the minimum wage covers only 90% of basic needs.

The electricity regulator said it will review the Liberal Party's counterproposal on power-sector reforms, insisting any changes must balance lower tariffs, fair competition, and fiscal impact while rejecting open-ended incentives.

Documents and complaints allege that Honduras's agricultural development bank improperly awarded loans tied to sports teams, raising concerns about nepotism and possible fraud in its lending.

The Tegucigalpa city government announced plans to build an overpass in the Loarque neighborhood in 2027 to ease traffic flow.

El Baile de los Diablitos, a nearly 400-year-old syncretic play performed in Comayagua each February, blends Spanish missionary theater with indigenous ceremonial dance to retell the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, adapting with modern stagecraft while preserving its spiritual core.

A journalist's on-air appeal after a National School of Music bus crash in Tegucigalpa on Thursday led an anonymous donor to give student Dylan Hernández a replacement violin, after his was destroyed in the accident.

Honduran shortstop Mauricio Dubón became the first Honduran to reach 600 career hits in Major League Baseball, going 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs in Atlanta's 4–1 win over Miami on August 6.

With two days left in the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American Games, Honduras sits 16th with one gold, four silver, and four bronze—down two spots from the previous day—while Mexico leads with a record 147 golds.

Erick Ruiz López, deported to Honduras after a routine traffic stop in Houston on June 17, is suing the Houston Police Department, alleging officers unlawfully held him more than two hours past the traffic violation, allowing his transfer to ICE.

Honduras recorded 29,444 deportations through July 31, about 27,000 of them from the United States, and migration lawyer Illich Cornejo warns the annual total could reach 40,000 to 50,000 amid tougher U.S. immigration policies.

Police arrested Jakaira Jennell Lucas Mc Laughlin, 29, a tour guide in Roatán, after seizing about one ounce of cocaine in a raid in French Harbour as part of operations targeting small-scale drug dealing in the Bay Islands.

Daniel Meraz confessed in court on August 7 to the June 3 femicide of nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López, his ex-partner in San Manuel, Cortés; sentencing is set for August 12, with prosecutors seeking 18 to 25 years in prison.

Orlin Francisco Turcios Guillén, 32, a livestock trader in Gualaco, Olancho, was shot and killed Thursday while heading to his ranch; authorities have not disclosed a motive or named any suspects.