Honduras congress says it will not validate election results

December 10, 2025 9:33 PM EST

Election results are displayed on monitors in a media room at the National Electoral Council (CNE) facility as the vote count in the November 30 presidential election resumes after being suspended for three days, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 8, 2025

MEXICO CITY, ⁠Dec ⁠10 - ‍The permanent commission of ‍Honduras' congress said late on ​Wednesday that it ​will not validate the results of the Nov. 30 presidential ​election.

"The National Congress will not ​validate a process tainted by ‌internal pressure from organized crime structures linked ​to drug ⁠trafficking, gangs such as MS-13 and [Barrio] ‌18, among others, much less external ‌pressure and the direct violation ‌of voters' freedom," Luis Redondo, president of Honduras' ‍congress, said at a press conference ⁠in the capital of Tegucigalpa.

(Reporting by Iñigo Alexander; Editing by Emily Green)



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