Secretary Rubio Meets with Honduran President‑Elect Nasry “Tito” Asfura

Nasry “Tito” Asfura is a Honduran politician and businessman from the National Party who previously served as mayor of Tegucigalpa, the capital. As president‑elect, he is due to assume the office of President of Honduras after his inauguration.

Under Honduras’s constitution, the president elected in the November 30, 2025 elections is scheduled to take office on January 27, 2026. That is when President‑elect Asfura is expected to be inaugurated.

The U.S.–Honduras extradition treaty is the 1909 "Convention Between the United States and Honduras for the Extradition of Fugitives from Justice," expanded by a 1927 supplementary convention. Together they allow either country to request extradition for a long list of offenses, including: murder and manslaughter; rape; kidnapping; piracy; arson; robbery and burglary; forgery and counterfeiting; fraud, embezzlement, and bribery; perjury and subornation of perjury; crimes involving explosives; and later added offenses such as drug‑trafficking and other serious crimes. The treaty applies only when the conduct is criminal in both countries and generally for offenses punishable by more than one year in prison.

The readout does not list specific Venezuela initiatives, but based on existing regional mechanisms, the U.S. and Honduras are most likely to work together through:

• The Organization of American States (OAS), which regularly adopts resolutions, monitoring missions, and political initiatives on Venezuela’s crisis.
• Regional migration and refugee efforts for Venezuelans, such as OAS‑led roadmaps and UN humanitarian response plans that Central American governments, including Honduras, have endorsed.
• Coordinated diplomatic pressure and sanctions implementation aligned with U.S. and OAS positions, aimed at supporting negotiations, elections, and human‑rights monitoring in Venezuela. The wording suggests continued participation in these multilateral and diplomatic efforts rather than a new, specific program announced in this readout.

In U.S. security partnerships, "expanding information sharing" usually means:

• More routine exchange of criminal, migration, and border data (e.g., on gangs, drug‑trafficking networks, money‑laundering, and irregular migration routes).
• Technical connections between databases and communication systems so police, border, and immigration authorities can verify identities, watchlists, and criminal records more quickly.
• Training and agreements on how to use and protect shared information (privacy, due process, and limits on use). U.S.‑Honduras joint statements emphasize expanding law‑enforcement and border‑security information‑sharing partnerships in exactly these ways.

To attract new investment, the U.S. and Honduras could:

• Improve rule of law and anti‑corruption enforcement so investors trust contracts and courts.
• Expand infrastructure and energy projects (ports, roads, electricity, digital networks), often using public‑private partnerships supported by U.S. development finance.
• Simplify regulations and customs procedures for businesses and trade.
• Develop sector‑specific initiatives (e.g., in manufacturing, nearshoring, agriculture, and renewable energy) under regional U.S. programs like América Crece and Central America investment frameworks aimed at mobilizing private capital. These are the types of steps described in recent U.S. regional investment initiatives with Central American countries, including Honduras.

No. The readout says the two sides discussed maintaining the existing extradition treaty, expanding information sharing, and attracting investment, but it does not announce any new U.S. security assistance package, new funding, or concrete financial commitments to Honduras.