Overview
- Preliminary official returns show Nasry Asfura at 40.6% after roughly one-third of ballots were counted, with Salvador Nasralla 1.8 points behind and Rixi Moncada well back.
- The ruling Libre party says it will recognize only the final certified tally, signaling a likely dispute over early counts.
- On Nov. 28, Trump announced a “full and complete” pardon for former president Juan Orlando Hernández, saying he was treated unfairly.
- U.S. prosecutors won a New York conviction last year against Hernández for facilitating large-scale cocaine trafficking, leading to a 45-year sentence after testimony from former smugglers.
- Trump urged Hondurans to vote for Asfura and warned U.S. assistance could be cut if his preferred candidate lost, a move Moncada condemned as outside interference.