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20 February – Former President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges.^[2]
28 February – At least 17 people are killed after two buses collide in San Juan de Opoa, Copán.^[3]

8 March – Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York City.^[4]

15 June – President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang activity, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as terrorists.^[5]
26 June – Former President Juan Orlando Hernández is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for drug trafficking and firearms offences by a U.S. federal court.^[6]

1 August – Former National Police of Honduras commander Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares is sentenced to 19 years in prison for drug trafficking by a U.S. federal court.^[7]
21 August – Honduras reports five suspected cases of the new mpox clade.^[8]
28 August – Honduras announces that it would end its extradition treaty with the United States that had been in place since 1912 following criticism by US ambassador Laura Dogu of a meeting between Honduran and Venezuelan officials.^[9]

14 September – Juan Lopez, an environmental activist who protested against open-pit iron ore mining in a forest reserve, is shot dead in Tocoa, Colón.^[10]

Source:^[11]

^ "Xiomara Castro toma posesión como nueva presidenta de Honduras" [Xiomara Castro takes office as the new president of Honduras]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "Honduran ex-president accused of running country as a 'narco-state' to stand trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
^ "Bus Crash Leaves 17 Dead". Reuters. February 28, 2023.
^ "Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers". AP News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^ "Honduras to build 20,000-inmate 'megaprison' as part of gang crackdown". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
^ "Honduras ex-president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers". Al Jazeera. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in US prison for cocaine distribution". Associated Press. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ "Honduras investiga cinco supuestos casos de viruela símica dentro de una familia" (in Spanish). 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
^ "Honduras Says It Will End Extradition Treaty With United States". The New York Times. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
^ "Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save forests, rivers is killed". France 24. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "Honduras Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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