‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments
A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of Claudia Sheinbaum, Lula, and Gustavo Petro
by Andrés Rodríguez
Part 2 - Milei’s financial support
In the conversation between Hernández and Asfura, the former president tells the Honduran leader that he needs $150,000 to rent an apartment in the United States, where he plans to set up an office for a digital journalism unit. This unit will publish information about Manuel Zelaya, who accused Trump of “protecting the plunderer of the state,” referring to Hernández’s pardon last November, and about Xiomara Castro, who served as president until handing power to Asfura. “Someone else here, from the U.S. president’s team, will handle it for me. Well, he’s one of the Republicans who are helping us. They’re going to set up a news site for us.”
Asfura’s response is: “I’m going to transfer it from a friend’s account. Let’s see if they can give it to you in cash, but explain to me, what are we going to do with it, what do we gain?” Hernández replies: “We’re going to set up a cell, Mr. President. From here, from the United States, an information cell, so they can’t track us there in Honduras. It’s going to be like a Latin American news site. I was on a call with President Javier Milei and it was successful. Very, very, very good, and I think that at this point we can do great things for all of Latin America. There are some cases coming up against Mexico, some cases coming up against Colombia, and, most importantly, against Honduras, against the Zelaya family.”
“Also, I think you need a little more money. For yourself. So we’re going to send another $150,000. And that way you can survive a little longer. We’re going to take it from INSEP [Secretariat of Infrastructure and Public Services],” Asfura says at the end of the conversation. On the same topic, in another alleged communication between the former Honduran president and the current vice president, Hernández emphasizes the importance of having that liquidity, “with the support of some Republicans,” in order to “attack and eradicate the cancer of the left” in Honduras and throughout Latin America.
“I was telling President Asfura that we were able to speak with Javier Milei, and he’s also contributing $350,000. Another great friend of ours from Mexico is also providing support, specifically for the Mexican community. We’re pretty much ready and hoping this moves forward quickly,” Hernández added, without revealing the identity of this Mexican contact involved in the project.
The conversations, according to the source, originated from WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. They were recorded between January and April 2026. The website that released the 37 recordings, making them available in their entirety, details that each file was analyzed using the Phonexia Voice Inspector protocol, a forensic suite from the Czech company of the same name, founded in 2006 and deployed in more than 60 countries by intelligence agencies, law enforcement, banks, and media outlets.
Sheinbaum, during her morning press conference this Wednesday, said that she did listen to the audio recordings and saw part of the news reports. The Mexican president again sent a message, though without mentioning her by name, to Isabel Díaz Ayuso, regional premier of Madrid, who is currently on a tour in Mexico, as part of an international right wing linked to groups in Spain, the United States, and Argentina that have a network to spread fake news because “they don’t like Mexican humanism” and “prefer to worship Hernán Cortés.”
“They can set up a smear campaign office against our government in Honduras, using resources from a friendly nation. It won’t affect us, not at all. There may be days of confusion, but if we remain true to our principles and know what we must do, within the framework of our Constitution, the laws, and with respect for sovereignty, no one will be able to undermine the transformation project. It’s that clear,” Sheinbaum stated.
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