Trump candidate Nasri Asfora leads the vote count in Honduras to elect a new president

Close fighting in Honduras during a recount of votes in Sunday’s general election. Presidential candidate Nasri Asfourafrom the conservative National Party – headed by the US President Donald Trump He was asked to support publicly – he leads the first charges, the next Salvador NasrallahAccording to the preliminary results announced by the National Electoral Council.

More than four hours after the polls closed and 34.25% of the reports were counted, Asfoura received 530,073 votes, while Nasrallah received 506,316 votes, according to what members of the National Elections Council indicated on national television. In third place is Rexy MoncadaAnna Paula Hall, advisor to the President of the National Electoral Council, from the ruling Freedom and Reestablishment Party (left), added that she received 255,972 votes.

I highlighted the hall “Civility” appeared in the elections The vote-receiving boards were ordered to remain in their positions until they completed “in a transparent manner the counting and transmission of all records” corresponding to the different electoral levels. Schools were forced to open their doors for an hour longer due to the large influx of voters.

Asfoura, the son of parents of Palestinian origin, received popular support this week from Trump, who confirmed, in addition to asking to vote for the conservative candidate, that “There will be a lot of support” for Honduras If he is the winner. It is an intervention tactic that he previously used in Argentina to tip the scales in favor of Javier Miley.

Trump described a bird as “the only true friend of freedom in Honduras” and stated that he saw the possibility of “working together to fight the drug communists” and confront the Venezuelan president. Nicolas Maduro.

If his victory is confirmed, Asfoura will assume executive power with the support of the National Party, a formation that has accumulated wear and tear in the three terms he ruled between 2010 and 2022 after it was marred by political forces. Complaints of corruption and alleged links to drug trafficking networksAccording to investigations and press reports.

More than 6.5 million people were eligible to elect the person who would succeed today Xiomara Castrowhose term will end on January 27, 2026. They also voted for three presidential appointees (vice presidents), 128 deputies in the local parliament, 20 in the Central American Parliament, and 298 municipal corporations.

The audit will continue for the next few hours, and the National Election Center has warned that the final results will depend on the complete transmission of the minutes, which Hondurans will be able to follow in the electoral body’s electronic system.