Sunday, September 20, 2026 — Morning Edition

A federal judge in Colorado ordered US authorities to arrange the return of Brian Omar Sánchez, a Honduran deported to the Central African Republic, and gave them until September 25 to respond.

An international solidarity delegation urged Honduras to enforce four Inter-American Court of Human Rights rulings in favor of Garifuna communities, orders that have gone unimplemented for years.

Seven JICA volunteers will spend two years in Gracias, Santa Lucía, San Juan, and Marcala on health, education, and environmental projects meant to deepen cooperation and knowledge-sharing between the two countries.

Congressman Sabillón said the National Congress is likely to pass a cybersecurity law in the coming days.

Honduras's Energy Ministry announced price increases across fuel products effective September 21, with premium gasoline up L4.57 a gallon in Tegucigalpa and kerosene up L4.69, raising costs for drivers and businesses nationwide.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Televicentro, HCH, Radio América

An economist warns that the Central Bank of Honduras's move to raise its policy rate to 6% will quickly drive up the interest rates commercial banks charge, increasing borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.

A former president of Honduras's economists' association said the government's decision to raise the fuel subsidy from 50% to 65% deserves scrutiny given global oil prices above $100 a barrel, and warned that prolonged subsidies strain public finances.

Presidential Designate Carlos Flores announced that 16 institutions, former Security Minister Julián Pacheco Tinoco, and media partners including Radio América have agreed to push a road-safety project aimed at cutting traffic deaths.

Fires, illegal logging, and beetle infestations wipe out 60,000 to 70,000 hectares of forest each year, badly damaging Honduras's timber industry, according to government sources and the country's largest forestry company.

A severe drought has destroyed the corn and bean harvests of roughly 2,000 farming families in Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán, prompting the mayor to seek emergency aid as farmers fear losing the fall planting season as well.

The parents of Cristhian Mendoza accepted his posthumous journalism degree, awarded Cum Laude by the National Autonomous University of Honduras, 20 days after he died in a traffic accident in Alubarén, Francisco Morazán.

Streets in the Kennedy neighborhood of Tegucigalpa flooded on September 19 after heavy downpours hit the capital.

Also reported by: HCH

The municipality of Las Vegas in Santa Bárbara declared an emergency after recent rains damaged 82 homes and affected some 70 families, with more rain forecast raising the threat of flooding, landslides, and swollen rivers.

Honduras's midsummer dry spell (canícula) is ending, and the National Center for Atmospheric Studies forecasts steady rain across the country in the days ahead.

An Ozuna concert at the National Autonomous University of Honduras will bring partial road restrictions on Boulevard Suyapa from Friday through Sunday, September 20, with traffic still flowing elsewhere along the route.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

More than 51,000 Hondurans have been returned from the United States so far this year—already more than in all of 2025—prompting officials and organizations to weigh declaring a migration emergency and mounting a national response.

A 50-year-old merchant was rescued alive in a mountainous area of Santa Rita, Copán, after being held for several days by kidnappers who demanded 2 million lempiras (about $80,000).

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Military police arrested Nelson Antonio Gómez Licona and Carlos David Portillo Rivera in Chamelecón, seizing cocaine, crack, marijuana, and 14,600 lempiras (about $585) in cash during separate operations.