Thursday, October 22, 2026

Honduras's Constitutional Court took up a legal challenge against former Prosecutor General Johel Zelaya and gave the Public Ministry 24 hours to hand over documents on allegations that he neglected his duties by failing to pursue complaints against officials who acted during the 2025 post-election crisis.

Citing El Salvador's gang-control model, Liberal congressman Jorge Cálix called for life sentences for minors convicted of serious crimes and urged Honduras to withdraw from international agreements he says block harsher juvenile penalties.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Congressman Fabricio Sandoval of the Libre party filed a voluntary appearance before the Supreme Court in a case involving former members of Congress's permanent commission.

Congress will take up a motion backing the government's push to build a high-security prison for gang and organized-crime members, with plans to settle the site, costs, and funding to start construction within eight to ten months.

Also reported by: La Prensa, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Once Noticias, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Three weeks after Honduras's new Energy Justice Law took effect, a monitoring report finds just one of 42 required tasks completed, with losses at the state utility ENEE climbing to 34.4% and a critical energy auction pushed back to early 2027.

Honduras stands roughly an 80% chance of clearing the performance thresholds to compete for a new US Millennium Challenge grant worth $800 million to $1 billion, which the government hopes to spend on infrastructure and poverty reduction after more than 15 years without such funding.

ENEE announced planned electricity cuts across eight departments on October 22 for maintenance, with outage windows varying by zone throughout the day.

The municipal water authority laid out which neighborhoods will receive water on a nine-day rotation supplied by the La Concepción reservoir, as storage levels gradually rise.

Congress approved a measure marking October 25 each year as Spina Bifida Prevention Day, aiming to raise awareness of a birth defect that affects an estimated 30–40 per 10,000 live births in Honduras and can be prevented with adequate folic acid intake in early pregnancy.

The Pan American Health Organization is running workshops across Honduras to sharpen pharmacy and logistics staff's skills in inventory control and the proper storage and distribution of medicines.

Lawmakers approved a L6.7 million (about $268,000) allocation for Hospital General San Felipe in Tegucigalpa to install vandal-resistant windows and upgrade its electrical and air-conditioning systems.

Honduras's Forensic Medicine Directorate will bury 20 unclaimed bodies from Tegucigalpa's morgue on November 14, bringing the year's total interred by the institute to 76.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X)

Ten Honduran children with congenital heart defects will undergo surgery at the Regional Hospital of the North through a pediatric cardiovascular brigade organized with support from international organizations and Salvadoran specialists.

Honduras's Health Ministry trained medical, nursing, pharmacy, and laboratory staff to spot and act on vaccination opportunities, addressing a decline in immunization rates driven by vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and falling clinic attendance since 2017.

The US Embassy delivered water-storage tanks to 85 schools in Honduras's drought-stricken Dry Corridor to improve water access as El Niño conditions persist.

Also reported by: US Embassy Tegucigalpa (X)

Congress is weighing a bill to allocate 7 million lempiras (about $280,000) to host Plancks 2027, an international university physics competition set for May 1–5 in San Pedro Sula—the first time the event will be held in the Americas.

Honduras's National Disciplinary Commission fined four Liga Nacional clubs after week 9 of the Apertura 2026–2027 season: Real España 10,000 lempiras (about $400) for fan flares, Olimpia and Génesis 6,000 lempiras each for player cautions, and Choloma 6,000 lempiras for similar infractions, with Olimpia's fitness coach also suspended one match.

Marathón beat El Salvador's Alianza 2-1 in the first leg of a Concacaf Champions Cup 2027 playoff, needing only a draw in the return match to reach the continental tournament.

Also reported by: Radio América

National Police officer Cristian Fabricio Blandín Arriaza was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the April 2026 killing of Ángelo Uriel García Murillo, a young man who had left home to deliver medicine to his mother in La Ceiba.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X)