Honduras Daily by Location

Honduras moved up the standings to 14th place with five medals—two silver and three bronze—as tennis players Natalie Espinal and Alejandra Obando won silver in women's doubles at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo.

Honduras will send a congressional delegation to Washington on August 5 to defend its impeachment process before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which cited concerns about due-process protections and judicial independence.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández landed at Palmerola International Airport on Sunday, July 26, after receiving a US presidential pardon following his narcotics conviction, and now faces a separate Honduran judicial process in the Pandora II corruption case.

The 2026 Central American Concacaf Cup kicks off today with 20 clubs from seven countries, including Honduran sides Olimpia and Motagua, competing through December for six spots in the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup.

Honduras's National Congress approved two cross-border electricity contracts to buy 80 megawatts—50 from Panama and 30 from Nicaragua—at 8 cents per kilowatt-hour to help address the national power deficit.

Honduran rider Lara Gabrie won individual and team bronze medals in equestrian competition at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, the country's first medals in the sport in 36 years.

Motagua coach Javier López warned his team not to overlook Belize's Verdes in their Central American Cup opener on July 28, saying regional football has grown more competitive and that no rival should be taken lightly.

Arlin A. Bustillo, 34, was arrested in an abandoned St. Louis hospital in July 2025 carrying a machete, stolen pistol, and sawed-off .22-caliber rifle, and pleaded guilty to illegal firearm possession and fraudulent immigration documents; a federal judge sentenced him to 46 months in prison before deportation to Honduras.

The Honduran Labor Ministry announced temporary job openings in Spain, Canada, and the United States for Honduran citizens meeting requirements including a clean criminal and migration record, with positions in agriculture, hospitality, logistics, and other sectors.

A community advocate reported that more than 25,000 Hondurans are in ICE custody and that those with Temporary Protected Status are now being sought at their homes, criticizing the Honduran government's response to migrant hardship in the United States.

Taekwondo athlete Derek Midence advanced to the final of the -54 kg category at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, securing at least a silver medal—Honduras's first of the competition.

The US reclassified Honduras to a lower 10% tariff rate instead of 12.5% and granted product exemptions, recognizing a Honduran executive decree banning imports of goods made with forced labor.

Honduras athletes impressed on day two of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, with Josué Matute finishing ninth in the 10-kilometer open-water race and Elián Ávila advancing to the track-and-field final.

US federal prosecutors charged 11 people with conspiracy and human trafficking resulting in death after seven migrants, including three Hondurans and a 14-year-old boy, died trapped in a sealed train container in Laredo, Texas in extreme heat.

A Honduran research center presented a historical analysis of socioterritorial conflicts in Honduras from 2022 to 2026 at a Central American history conference in El Salvador, examining trends and challenges.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, freed after a US pardon erased his 45-year drug-trafficking sentence, will return voluntarily to Honduras this Sunday to face domestic charges of fraud and money laundering, after a Honduran judge suspended the international arrest warrant against him.

The Trump administration announced it will keep a 10% tariff on goods from Honduras and 59 other countries, citing insufficient efforts to prevent forced labor in their exports.

Honduras' delegation marched in the opening ceremony of the 25th Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo on July 24, with athletes aiming to add to the nation's historical record of 63 medals across 40 sports and 53 disciplines.

Cohep President Anabel Gallardo said Honduras escaped an additional 2.5% tariff hike from the United States but warned that some sectors still face 10% duties and need continued trade negotiations to improve conditions.

Spain has made available 2,000 additional job openings for Hondurans following diplomatic negotiations by Honduras's embassy in Madrid.

A US federal court document from 2005 exposed a network of Honduran National Police officers—from inspector to subcommissioner rank—accused of using their positions to protect cocaine shipments for the criminal organization Los Cachiros, one of the Atlantic region's most powerful gangs.

The Trump administration announced new tariffs of 10–12.5% on imports from 60 countries, citing insufficient efforts against forced labor; Honduras faces a 10% additional tariff alongside Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

Presidential trade commissioner Melvin Redondo said Honduras has complied with legal requirements in a US tariff review affecting 17–20% of exports and has passed a decree banning imports from forced-labor conditions to avoid a potential 12.5% increase.

Presidential trade commissioner Melvin Redondo said Honduras will not pursue free-trade agreement negotiations with China.

An integrated food-security analysis projects that 157,000 people across Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the Rio Lempa border region will face acute hunger from July through October 2026, driven by seasonal grain depletion, inflation, and El Niño drought risk.

Marina Suyapa Regalado, a Honduran from Lepaera, Lempira, who was nearing the end of cancer treatment, drowned in Ohio on July 19 along with three other Hondurans; her parents are appealing for help to repatriate her body for burial at home.

Erlis Antonio León Castellanos, a Honduran convicted by US courts, ran a strategic storage farm near the Honduras-Guatemala border where the Valle Valle cartel cached cocaine shipments—ranging from 15–20 kg to hundreds of kilos—before routing them through Guatemala and Mexico to the United States.

The government and private-sector leaders, including Cohep president Anabel Gallardo, have lobbied US officials to prevent tariff increases, warning that higher duties on maquila and coffee exports would cost jobs and drive migration.

Vilma Palacios, a Honduran nurse trained in the United States, was arrested by ICE in June and deported after six months in detention; she has now secured a position in Canada's public health system.

Honduras's government is lobbying to be excluded from new US tariffs threatening 12% duties on key exports, arguing the country meets US labor and human-rights standards and that about 600,000 jobs depend on market access.