Overview
- Election official Cossette Lopez-Osorio said the special recount could begin Friday, with preliminary verifications on the presidential vote expected within about three days.
- With more than 99% of ballots processed, National Party candidate Nasry Asfura leads Liberal Party rival Salvador Nasralla by roughly 42,000 votes.
- Authorities say 2,773 tally sheets, about 15% of the total, show inconsistencies and hold enough votes to potentially shift the final result.
- A congressional panel threatened to reject the outcome, denounced an "electoral coup," and accused U.S. President Donald Trump of interference after he publicly backed Asfura and pardoned ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández.
- LIBRE supporters protested in Tegucigalpa calling for a new vote, while the OAS urged a faster, transparent review without pressure and Washington warned it would respond swiftly to any irregularities.