Sunday, October 25, 2026 — Evening Edition

At its 82nd General Assembly, the Inter-American Press Society reported 60 documented attacks on press freedom in Honduras in the first half of 2026 and found that 88% of violent deaths of media workers remain unsolved, warning of particular danger for journalists investigating corruption and organized crime.

Also reported by: Radio América

Lenir Pérez, a Honduran industrialist criminally charged with illegal mining and environmental crimes inside a national park in Colón — a conflict linked to at least six activist killings since 2019 — donated more than $112,000 to US Representative María Elvira Salazar's campaign and leadership committees, according to US campaign finance records.

Mario Díaz, a judge on the Supreme Court's criminal chamber, is calling on Congress to pass a witness-cooperation law, saying it would give judges and prosecutors stronger tools to investigate and dismantle organized-crime networks.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Retired general Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, a fugitive since missing a court hearing in March 2025, resurfaced on social media to accuse right-wing politicians of abandoning him after backing his actions during a crackdown on protesters near Toncontín Airport.

Honduras's traffic authority is proposing tougher inspections of imported used vehicles, tighter rules for motorcycles and mototaxis, and stricter licensing for riders, citing more than 15,700 traffic accidents and 1,599 deaths so far in 2026.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

The Tegucigalpa city government will send motorcycles and cars seized by traffic authorities to recycling if owners fail to claim them within 90 days, and is urging vehicle owners to check their cases and complete the required paperwork.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Merchants in Juticalpa and other Olancho towns protested Saturday against the growth of Chinese-owned stores, saying the cheap competition threatens their sales and livelihoods — an issue that has already prompted Congress to order a review of Chinese businesses' legal and tax compliance.

Honduran rambutan exports, known locally as licha, reached $6.05 million in 2024, a 16.3% jump from the previous year, with roughly 2,500 farmers and 3,000 farms supplying the crop mainly to the United States, Europe and Asia.

Prices for staple vegetables in San Pedro Sula have jumped sharply — lettuce hit L50 per pound, up from L25, onions L30, potatoes L30 and cabbage L15 — as wet weather disrupts local and Guatemalan supplies.

The Agriculture Ministry will hand out farm supplies and upgrade seed-storage facilities in five departments, with farmers providing base seed to multiply 9,000 quintals — about 400 metric tons — of certified bean seed for the 2027 planting season.

Honduras's state power company announced scheduled maintenance outages on Monday, October 26, affecting several neighborhoods in Puerto Cortés, Omoa, Cortés, Quimistán and Santa Bárbara from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Tegucigalpa city government has completed a 20-meter retaining wall in the October 21 neighborhood after the previous structure collapsed, with drainage, sidewalk and road-safety improvements included in the 2.8 million lempira (about $112,000) project.

Satellite monitoring shows Olancho lost about 500,000 hectares of forest cover between 2001 and 2025 — roughly a third of Honduras's total loss — with permanent agriculture, not wildfires, named as the main driver.

Azacualpa's annual fair this weekend will feature national and international rodeos, capped by a concert from Mexican singer Lenín Ramírez on October 31.

Dereck Moncada, 18, scored his eighth goal across all competitions for Swiss club FC Lugano in a match against Thun, extending a strong start to his European career.

More than 90 Honduran athletes were sworn in to represent the country in the disability division of the XII Central American Student Sports Games (CODICADER 2026) in Guatemala, with officials calling their participation a source of national pride.

A 43-year-old doctor in Talanga, Francisco Morazán, was ordered held in pretrial detention after a court hearing on charges that he tried to sexually assault a 20-year-old nurse colleague on October 21.

Also reported by: Once Noticias, Radio América Honduras

A Honduran judge has reopened the criminal case against Marco Antonio Ávila Castellanos, accused in the 1997 kidnapping and death of Ricardo Ernesto Maduro Andreu, son of former president Ricardo Maduro, nearly three decades after the crime; Ávila Castellanos was arrested in October 2026 and remains jailed pending trial under the old penal code.