More than fifteen people have been hospitalized for assaults in previous days.
On Monday, three members of Honduras’ conservative National Party were injured in an explosive attack as they finished their work on the special vote count organized by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
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The incident occurred near the CNE’s Electoral Logistics Center (CLE) as Flor Idalia Esquivel, Joseph Alexander Galdamez, and Kenia Gisela Pinto were boarding a bus after participating in the recount of 2,792 tally sheets with inconsistencies.
CNE President Ana Paola Hall condemned the violence, expressed solidarity with the injured, and called for restraint. She emphasized that violence should never be a means of democratic expression.
Hall stressed that the country demonstrated its democratic capacity to the world on November 30 and affirmed that only by uniting can Hondurans overcome the current political difficulties.
CNE councilor Cossette Lopez informed that the attack was carried out with Molotov cocktails and pointed to the inoperability of the 911 emergency system cameras, supposedly for maintenance, as suspicious.
🔴🗳 | Consejera presidenta del CNE, Ana Paola Hall.
➡Cualquier ataque a una autoridad electoral no es personal, busca vulnerar el proceso.
➡Ante estas circunstancias, necesitamos adoptar medidas preventivas, sin abandono de funciones. pic.twitter.com/InlKuzC75C— TSiHonduras (@TSiHonduras) December 23, 2025
The text reads, “CNE President Ana Paola Hall: Any attack on an electoral authority is not personal; it seeks to undermine the process. Given these circumstances, we need to adopt preventative measures, without abandoning our duties.”
Lopez warned that more than fifteen people had been hospitalized for assaults in the preceding days and questioned the government’s inaction. The incident occurred amidst political tension as the special recount continues.
According to the CNE registry, with 99.92% of the ballots counted, National Party presidential candidate Nasry Asfura leads with 40.34% of the vote, followed by Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party with 39.44%, and Rixi Moncada of the Libre Party with 19.22%.
Previously, Moncada declared that the Libre Party does not recognize the elections and denounced interference and coercion by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with allied oligarchic sectors. She accused them of carrying out an ongoing electoral coup by sending intimidating messages.
She stated that the electoral violation was confirmed through the modules for the dissemination and processing of tally sheets, pointing out irregularities such as 5,000 tally sheets with zero values and inconsistencies in 95.17% of those transmitted with respect to the biometric system.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Honduras: More than three weeks after the general elections, the National Electoral Council (CNE) began a special recount of thousands of voting records that showed inconsistencies. pic.twitter.com/lQpXTOdDR0
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