Nasry "Tito" Asfura, the conservative candidate in the Honduran presidential elections who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, is narrowly ahead in the early counting after Sunday's vote.

The National Electoral Council said Asfura of the National Party had 40.54 percent of votes in early counting. Salvador Nasralla, of the conservative Liberal Party had 38.99 percent, while Rixi Moncada of the democratic socialist LIBRE or Liberty and Re-foundation party trailed with 19.49 percent.

The State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said in a post on X it was "closely following the news of the great turnout of voters today in Honduras" in a post on X.

It urged Hondurans to allow election observers to do their job "so all concerned can have confidence that the results of

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