Honduras to Roll Out Smart License Plates With RFID Tracking

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 31, 2026 · Originally reported July 31, 2026 by El Heraldo

Honduras will introduce license plates embedded with radio-frequency identification and install 40 electronic readers nationwide to track vehicles, cut the 990,000 unregistered cars now on the roads, and tighten law-enforcement and border controls.

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