MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 12:35 UTC
Hernández says Milei “is supporting with $350,000” a project that, according to that account, sought to set up a “news site” operated from the US; the audios also mention Benjamin Netanyahu
A set of leaked audios, released in late April by left-leaning Spanish media outlets and dubbed “Honduras Gate,” has stirred political controversy in Latin America by alleging a regional disinformation network and naming Argentine President Javier Milei as one of its financiers. The recordings' authenticity is in dispute: the main figure named called them false, and the others mentioned denied or did not respond to the accusations.
The material —37 audios attributed to private conversations on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram dated between January and April 2026— was published by Diario Red and Canal Red, founded by former Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, together with the site Hondurasgate.ch. In the recordings, a voice attributed to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández says Milei “is supporting with $350,000” a project that, according to that account, sought to set up a “news site” operated from the United States so as “not to be tracked” and to prepare “files” against the governments of Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico and Gustavo Petro in Colombia, as well as against the Zelaya family in Honduras.
