Colón News

The state power utility ENEE announced an emergency outage in three neighborhoods of Balfate, Colón, on Saturday October 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Students at Padre Reyes school in Santa Rosa de Aguán, Colón, have held classes in a borrowed funeral-home room since 2023 while construction on their campus remains incomplete; the space is unsuitable, with classes suspended when viewings occur and water leaking through the roof when it rains.

Police antidrug and community security units seized 131 pounds (about 59 kg) of suspected marijuana hidden in a vehicle in the La Bolsa neighborhood of Tocoa, Colón, as part of a national operation against drug trafficking organizations.

A judge ordered Yuri Gabriela Castañeda Melgar held pending trial on charges of ordering the murder of a pregnant woman, Yeni Elizabeth Rivera, in Colón over an alleged romantic dispute.

Samuel Pavón, from Elixir in Colón, died in a workplace accident in Kenner, Louisiana, leaving behind a young daughter; details of the incident remain unclear.

The state utility ENEE will cut power in parts of Colón, Lepaterique, and the capital district on October 16 for scheduled maintenance, affecting customers for roughly 8 hours during the morning and early afternoon.

A teenage girl was sentenced to six years in prison for her role in the April 2026 killing of content creator Katerin Mejía, who was lured under false pretenses to Trujillo and later found dead in Tocoa; two other adults remain in pretrial detention in the case.

Two men from Cayo Sierra were killed in an armed attack on a motorcycle in Zamora, Tocoa, Colón, the latest in a surge of violence that has claimed six lives in the area over two weeks.

Rice growers in Colón say mechanized land remains unseeded due to lack of financing, crop insurance, and guaranteed prices, threatening to reduce output below 2026 targets.

Yessenia Alfaro, 37, from Gualaco in Olancho, was murdered in Sabá, Colón, after recently returning from the United States; a 27-year-old Salvadoran suspect has been arrested.

National Congress member Juan Sauceda of Colón warned that deforestation could intensify future droughts and called for forest protection and adaptation measures such as silvopastoral systems and livestock feed reserves.

A couple, Erik Daniel Bonilla and Paola Orellana, were killed by gunmen on motorcycles in Zamora, Tocoa; the motive remains unknown and police are investigating.

The ethnic-community organization Odeco launched a project to strengthen land rights, local governance, and economic sustainability in Atlantic-coast Garífuna communities in Colón and Atlántida, with training in human rights and women's leadership.

A teenager suffered full-body electrical burns and head trauma after being struck by an electrical discharge while using a power drill on a roof in San Marcos de Colón; he was transferred to Tegucigalpa for specialized burn care.

A judge held an initial hearing for Lenir Pérez, accused of illegal mineral extraction and aggravated environmental damage at a mining operation in Tocoa, Colón that allegedly harmed forest vegetation and soil.

Edwin Ramos and his son Wilder were fatally attacked during a birthday celebration in Sabá, Colón, on September 13; police are investigating the motive and searching for the suspect.

Environmental defender Juan López was killed in Tocoa, Colón, on September 14, 2024; though three alleged masterminds were arrested in May 2026, his family and human-rights groups say the investigation remains incomplete and demand identification of who ordered the murder.

Authorities conducted 11 raids across Colón and Yoro targeting the Montoya Natarén criminal structure, arresting five people and seizing cash, weapons, two vehicles, and 12 phones; investigators are now analyzing the evidence for money-laundering connections.

Joint Armed Forces Task Force Xatruch arrested a man known as "El Niño" in the Las Palmas neighborhood of Sabá, Colón, seizing over 40 aluminum packets of alleged crack cocaine and a tablet during an operation targeting local drug sales.

Carlos Mejía, a Honduran fashion designer known for his work on beauty pageants and television, died on September 8; no cause has been disclosed.

The Health Ministry is deploying mobile clinics (UMAC) to Margen Izquierda, Colón, from August 24–26 and to Tocoa from August 28–September 1, offering free health services to underserved communities.

A tropical wave brought heavy rains and flooding to Tocoa, Colón, and strong winds with property damage to Namasigüe, Choluteca, on August 22.

A preliminary hearing in the case of three men accused of intellectually orchestrating the September 2024 killing of environmental activist and former Tocoa councilman Juan López has been rescheduled to October 1, while two of the accused remain under house arrest rather than jailed pending trial—a decision that a local defense committee says endangers López's family and other land defenders.

Police said they found no bodies or evidence to support reports of three killings in El Cinco, Bonito Oriental, Colón on August 10, and received no emergency calls about the incident.

Two years after a 2024 decree banned mining in protected areas and ordered restoration of Carlos Escaleras National Park's core zone, Honduras has not executed the law or allocated resources to dismantle mining infrastructure, while local officials warn a new agroindustrial law could weaken protections.

Emily Dayana Muñoz, 9, was kidnapped from her home in Sabá, Colón on August 2, found dead in a plastic bag the next day, and buried Tuesday as her family and community demanded authorities pursue her killer; preliminary autopsy findings confirmed violent death by blunt-force trauma to the head.

A dolphin in advanced decomposition washed ashore at Cristales beach in Trujillo, Colón; local residents alerted authorities, who removed the animal for specialist examination to determine the cause of death.

The body of Evelin Dayana Muñoz, missing since August 1, was discovered Sunday in a palm plantation near Achiote, Sabá, Colón, sparking alarm in the community.

Adán Fúnez, former mayor of Tocoa, was switched from pretrial detention to home detention on health grounds, prompting environmental advocates and victim lawyers to warn the change offers insufficient protection for the family of slain environmental defender Juan López and lacks safeguards against potential witness intimidation.

The government launched a public tender for paving 6 kilometers of the Emerald Corridor connecting Trujillo and Santa Fe in Colón with high-strength concrete, a project aimed at boosting tourism and regional development along the northern coast.