Tuesday, August 11, 2026 — Evening Edition

The Public Ministry said it will investigate claims that the judge overseeing the case against former military chief Roosevelt Hernández has faced interference and threats, acting on complaints from journalists' and human rights groups.

Also reported by: La Prensa, HCH, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Gabriela Castellanos, director of Honduras's National Anti-Corruption Council, said tolerating the intimidation of public officials threatens the rule of law, pointing to the Attorney General's complaint that former president Juan Orlando Hernández confronted prosecutors during a court hearing.

Liberal and National Party lawmakers said they are close to agreement on energy reforms to modernize the electric grid and rescue the troubled state utility ENEE, with key protections for public assets including hydroelectric dams.

Christian Duarte, a former Finance Ministry official, tied budget cuts by the Asfura administration to a food crisis affecting 1.8 million Hondurans, citing reductions in agricultural programs, forestry protection, farm credit, and water infrastructure.

The first shipment of heavy machinery, including Caterpillar soil compactors, arrived at Puerto Henecán as part of a $244 million government program to distribute 2,100 pieces of equipment across all 298 municipalities for road and infrastructure work.

Liberal Party congressman Carlos Umaña questioned whether the Asfura government negotiated the lower surgical prices required by an emergency health decree, alleging that 145 procedures totaling over L10.3 million (about $412,000) were overpriced compared with private-market rates.

Health specialists warn that Honduras faces rising dengue and influenza outbreaks, with some 700 dengue cases concentrated in northern municipalities, and are urging vaccination and vector control.

The Choluteca River is flowing at dry-season levels even though Honduras is in its rainy season, a sign of insufficient rainfall in the mountains where its tributaries begin.

The capital's municipal risk office says Tegucigalpa could escalate to red-alert status for drought by late August if rainfall stays low, as the main reservoirs serving the city fall to critical levels.

Honduras is seeing its second annual passage of the sun directly overhead—the zenith—between August 7 and 16, when objects briefly cast minimal shadows as sunlight strikes vertically; each city reaches the moment at a different time.

After months of drought linked to El Niño, Honduras's national weather center forecasts significantly heavier rainfall starting in early September, bringing relief to drought-stricken farming regions and food-insecure families.

Isaac Ruiz, a 14-year-old striker with a Honduran mother, moved from Girona's youth system to Atlético Madrid's academy after scoring 44 goals in 48 matches over two seasons with the Spanish club.

Trainers and athletes say the Olympic Complex in Tegucigalpa, built nearly 40 years ago, has reached capacity as daily attendance climbs to around 20,000 people, leaving overcrowded pools, deteriorating facilities, and too little space for new sports and teams.

Jeremy Rodríguez, a 16-year-old forward for Olimpia, tops the Liga Nacional's Apertura scoring table with three goals in two matches, outpacing veteran strikers early in the tournament.

Inmates at Honduras's largest prison say L8 million ($320,000) is trapped in prepaid commissary cards that authorities suspended without allowing redemption, cutting families off from their money as the National Penitentiary Institute plans a new digital wallet.

Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Luis Fernando Baquedano, 35, and Elmer Alexander Sánchez Cruz, 33, in Apacilagua on Sunday night, killing both; Baquedano had prior drug-trafficking arrests and played for a local sports club.

Police arrested a man at El Dandy Market in San Pedro Sula after seizing suspected marijuana, cocaine, and crack cocaine, along with 1,100 lempiras in cash.

Authorities say a fight between criminal groups over territory and a 700-kilogram cocaine shipment set off a shootout in remote Belén, Gracias a Dios, in August 2013, leaving 14 to 17 dead and more than a dozen missing, though the exact toll and circumstances remain unclear.