Honduras congress says it will not validate election results

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. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada

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)