Congress Plans Sweeping Criminal-Code Changes to Curb Gang Violence

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 12, 2026 · Originally reported October 12, 2026 by Congreso Nacional

The president of Congress says lawmakers are preparing major changes to the criminal and procedural codes—including no parole for members of designated terrorist groups and prosecution based on gang tattoos alone—pending the Supreme Court's legal opinion.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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