2012 in Honduras
# 2012 in Honduras

List of events in the year 2012 in Honduras.

## Incumbents

* President - Porfirio Lobo
* Congress President - Juan Orlando Hernández
* Supreme Court President - Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés

## Events

* February 14: Comayagua prison fire: A fire inside the prison of Comayagua kills 364 inmates, is noted as the deadliest prison fire in history.
* February 18: A massive fire destroys three markets in the center of Tegucigalpa, nine persons injured.
* March 7: The Supreme Electoral Court inscribes Partido Anticorrupción as new political party.
* March 29: A unrest and fire inside the San Pedro Sula kills 13 inmates.
* May 15: The radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro is found dead in Tegucigalpa after being kidnapped 6 days before by six unknown people.
* July 31: The wife of the Finance Minister Hector Guillén is arrested in Tegucigalpa with one million Lempiras (about $50.000).
* November 18: Primary elections, Juan Orlando Hernández wins the candidature for National Party of Honduras and Mauricio Villeda wins in the Liberal Party of Honduras.
