El Paraíso News

Honduras's audit office has launched an investigation into Yuscarán Mayor Johny Carrasco after videos showed him drinking alcohol and smoking inside municipal facilities, potentially violating the Public Servant Ethics Code; sanctions could range from suspension to removal from office.

Johnny Alejandro Carrasco, mayor of Yuscarán, rejected calls to step down after a video circulated showing him and municipal officials drinking alcohol in a municipal building, claiming the people present were friends and the remarks were a joke.

Marco Antonio Suárez and his one-year-old son Marco Huriel were shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles in Teupasenti, El Paraíso; authorities suspect the killing may have been revenge for a death eight years earlier.

The Amhon Honor Court is analyzing possible disciplinary action against Yuscarán Mayor Johny Alejandro Carrasco following a July 11 video showing him drinking alcohol inside a municipal building; Amhon's secretary said the case is under review to determine "what comes next."

A video showed Yuscarán Mayor Yohny Alejandro Carrasco at a gathering inside the municipal hall with alcohol and people joking about splitting municipal transfer funds; Carrasco apologized but did not clarify the remark about dividing a million lempiras from government transfers.

National Police border agents seized merchandise valued at over 6 million lempiras (about $240,000) and arrested two suspects in El Paraíso department during a frontier operation.

National Police arrested two men accused of killing someone following a heated argument while drinking in El Paraíso.