Monday, September 21, 2026

Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke the US citizenship a Honduran man obtained in 2008, alleging he concealed a 1999 deportation order issued under a different name and hid his prior immigration history when he naturalized.

A Libre lawmaker endorsed a localized state of emergency in high-violence municipalities, saying past use cut homicides and calling for human-rights oversight and temporary rather than permanent deployment.

The US Embassy in Tegucigalpa is hiring a mail-room assistant at L294,594 a year (about $11,800), requiring a high-school diploma, one year of customer-service or office experience, fluency in English and Spanish, and a valid driver's license; applications close September 24.

The Central Bank of Honduras raised its policy interest rate to 6%, a decision that now falls to President Roberto Lagos, who as an outside critic in 2024 had warned that similar increases by the previous government risked raising loan costs across the financial system.

Fuel prices have pushed up operating costs for Honduran companies by 15%, especially in transport and distribution, while pricier goods and services erode household purchasing power and force businesses to look for ways to cut costs.

Frustrated by stalled government water projects, residents of Cerro Colorado in Lempira are pooling their own money and materials to drill a well for their basic water needs.

Health authorities are tracking a 2026 surge in dengue (8,825 confirmed cases through August), measles (14 confirmed cases after a 29-year absence), whooping cough, and botfly myiasis, with vaccination coverage at just 60% nationwide.

The Honduran Medical College has summoned physicians nationwide to an emergency briefing on Sunday at 7 a.m.

A thick mass of sargassum seaweed blanketed Omoa's beach in Cortés on Friday morning, forcing fishermen to stop work and trapping fish that had to be rescued.

The rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras says the school has secured funding to keep offering free campus transportation to about 20,000 students during the third academic period.

Heavy rain Saturday night in Tegucigalpa caused 10 floods, a sinkhole, a landslide, a cave-in, a downed tree, and a damaged pedestrian bridge across several neighborhoods, with an overflowing stream flooding workshops and homes in Hato de Enmedio.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

The Atlantic basin has produced five tropical storms but no hurricanes through mid-September 2026—well below the typical four by this date—as strengthening El Niño conditions in the Pacific suppress Atlantic storm development.

Climate expert César Quintanilla expects Honduras's 2026 rainy season to end by late October, with little to no rain in November, when cold fronts typically arrive, aside from scattered showers on the north coast.

Honduras plans to invest about L163 million (roughly $6.5 million) to restore the National Newspaper Archive and Houses of Culture in Valle de Ángeles, Choluteca, Santa Rosa de Copán, and Intibucá, prioritizing preservation over reconstruction.

Prosecutors have charged 11 current and former Central Bank of Honduras employees with negligent embezzlement for letting ex-prosecutor Francia Medina remove L88.8 million (about $3.5 million) in seized evidence from bank vaults without proper authorization.

Employees of the fraudulent clinic Nueva Med say its Colombian management faked medical credentials, silenced workers with confidentiality contracts, and used call centers with Honduran databases to recruit patients for costly sham treatments.

Authorities arrested Orbin Enrique Velásquez Mendoza, alias Torba, a 29-year-old suspected member of the Berna criminal organization, on a warrant tied to the June 2024 kidnapping and disappearance of José Octavio Sosa Méndez and 11 others near Puerto Cortés.

Also reported by: El Heraldo