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Right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura leads former TV host Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes, according to country's electoral authority.
Honduran presidential candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla were practically tied in the latest vote count on Monday, with both holding just under 40% of the vote in a tight race beset by problems with the results website.
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, once a U.S. ally in the war on drugs, is on the verge of being pardoned by President Donald Trump
Nasralla whittled down Asfura’s lead to just 515 votes, according to the latest official data from the National Electoral Council (CNE). Rixi Moncada, from the ruling leftist Libre party, was well behind with 19 per cent of the vote.
US officials reacted to the first official tally of preliminary results from the Honduran presidential election.