Honduran TV presenter Salvador Nasralla widened a narrow lead Wednesday over Trump-backed rival Nasry Asfura as the counting of votes cast in a weekend presidential election dragged into a third day.

With nearly 80 percent of the count from Sunday's voting completed, Nasralla was leading fellow right-winger Asfura with 40.34 percent to 39.57 percent, according to the CNE election council. However, the result was still too early to call.

The CNE has come under fire from US President Donald Trump after announcing Monday that a partial count showed the two men locked in a "technical tie."

Trump accused Honduran election officials of "trying to change" the outcome of the vote in one of Latin America's most impoverished and violent countries and vowed on social media "there will be hell to p

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