He served as a deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the Francisco Morazán department on behalf of the National Party,[1] and served as the mayor of the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, from 2014 until 2022.

[5] Asfura was born to Palestinians who immigrated to Central America during the Arab-Israeli conflict in the 1940s.

He studied civil engineering at university but quit his course before being awarded his degree in order to embark on a career in the construction industry.

In 2020, Asfura was indicted by the Honduran authorities on charges of embezzling public funds and money laundering.

[9][10] At the beginning of the campaign, polls indicated a tight race between Asfura and his left-wing opponent, Xiomara Castro, the leader of LIBRE and the wife of the former president Manuel Zelaya, but she went on to win the election by a comfortable margin.