Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — Morning Edition

More than a year after the Supreme Court of Accounts found that a failed irrigation project in El Paraíso's Jamastrán Valley squandered over $8.5 million of a $26.5 million Indian loan through poor planning and administrative failures, the Public Ministry has charged no one despite receiving the audit findings.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $82.2 million at its weekly currency sale on September 14, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.8830 per dollar for September 15–16.

Diesel in Honduras has hit an all-time high of 148.01 lempiras per gallon after nine straight weeks of increases, now topping the previous record for premium gasoline and pushing up prices across the economy.

The Central Bank of Honduras is reminding researchers that applications for the Juan Manuel Gálvez Socioeconomic Research Prize close at 11:59 p.m. on September 18, 2026.

A viral video shows security guards at the San Pedro Sula IHSS shoving a patient out of the emergency-room waiting area and kicking him; hospital officials said he had put his feet on the seating and ignored guards' orders to stop.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Environmental defender Juan López was killed in Tocoa, Colón, on September 14, 2024, and though three alleged masterminds were arrested in May 2026, his family and human-rights groups say the investigation remains incomplete and are demanding that whoever ordered the murder be identified.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

A congressman from Olancho has introduced a bill to permanently allocate 2 million lempiras (about $80,000) among four schools and rehabilitation centers serving people with disabilities in the department.

Kervin Arriaga made his first start for AEK Athens in Greece's Super League, playing 52 minutes in a 1–1 draw with Asteras as the Honduran keeps building confidence at his new club after leaving Spain's Levante.

Ricardo Majano, a 27-year-old Honduran goalkeeper with Progresso FC in Belize's top division, was named the league's goalkeeper of the month for August and has also earned MVP honors in three matches.

Honduran striker Erick Puerto scored his second goal in Europe for Bate Borisov in a 2–2 draw with Naftan Novopolotsk in Belarus's top division on September 13, ending a scoring drought of nearly a month.

Hosting the 22nd Central American student sports games, Honduras won 136 medals—30 gold, 39 silver and 67 bronze—across multiple disciplines to finish fifth overall, while Panama topped the medal count with 72 golds.

Two men killed violently over the weekend remain unidentified at the Public Ministry morgue, one shot in El Carrizal and the other found wrapped in a bloodied sheet in Rubén Darío.