La Ceiba News

Police in La Ceiba arrested a child suspected of drug trafficking and seized 250 doses of suspected crack cocaine; the youth has a prior arrest related to an attempted homicide in November 2025.

National Police arrested two men suspected of a series of robberies in La Ceiba and are urging victims to file formal complaints, warning that without evidence and testimony the suspects risk being released.

Police in the Atlántida department arrested two young men suspected of a series of robberies in La Ceiba and are urging victims to file formal complaints, warning that lack of reports could lead to their release.

A 49-year-old security guard in La Ceiba was ordered held pending trial on allegations he sexually abused his two nieces, ages 10 and 12, exploiting times when they were alone at home.

Firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy with serious burns to his left foot from a fire that destroyed a home in La Ceiba's Jesenia Castillo neighborhood, where two adults and four children lived.

Financial crimes and customs authorities are inspecting La Ceiba's coastal port following complaints of alleged irregularities in rental contracts.

Carlos Eduardo Espina, the new owner of Club Victoria, announced the Ceiba-based team will pay players full 12-month salaries even during preseason, a practice he says no other Honduran club follows.

Dayana Sánchez, 23, was stabbed during an argument with a neighbor in the Pineda Milla neighborhood of La Ceiba and died after arriving at Hospital General Atlántida; police are investigating.

The Banda San Isidro, a youth ensemble of 12-to-17-year-olds from La Ceiba, performed before Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square and met the pontiff after the concert, with access arranged through Honduras's ambassador to the Holy See.

Conservation group PRO-ALAS, in partnership with government and local tourism authorities, released eight scarlet macaws along the Cangrejal River near Pico Bonito National Park — the first wild population of the species in the region since the 1960s.

A 20-year-old private-school math and science teacher was arrested in La Ceiba after his suspected repeated sexual abuse of an 11-year-old student came to light when the girl's mother discovered incriminating messages on her daughter's phone.

A La Ceiba court held a preliminary hearing for Ronal Alexis Cotto, former legal adviser at El Porvenir prison, charged with abuse of authority and dereliction of duty, with a decision on sending the case to trial still pending.