La Paz News

Jorge Benjamín Martínez Ramos, 27, a Salvadoran who had lived in Yarula, La Paz, for six months, was identified after being found bagged in a sewer in Marcala on August 27; authorities are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Reina Pérez, a nurse at La Paz Hospital, collapsed and died suddenly on September 2 inside a business in Yarumela; authorities are investigating the cause, with preliminary reports suggesting cardiac arrest.

A man was shot multiple times by occupants of a passing vehicle in Cane, La Paz; police investigated but the victim remained unidentified.

A severe drought in Guajiquiro, La Paz, has destroyed corn and bean crops for approximately 1,500 farming families across 44 communities, threatening food security and forcing residents to seek alternative income while the municipality requests 4.5 million lempiras monthly (about $180,000) in government assistance.

National Police officer Manuel López Rodríguez drowned on August 28 while spending his day off at the La Máscara natural swimming hole in Santa Elena, La Paz, after diving from a rock a third time and failing to resurface.

Marathón mounted a second-half comeback to defeat Génesis 2-1 in a Liga Nacional match at Roberto Suazo Córdova Stadium in La Paz, with goals from Damin Ramírez and Jonathan Bueso after Génesis had taken a halftime lead.

After ten months of severe drought, 2,700 families in Apacilgua have lost crops and livestock, yet the Agriculture Ministry characterizes the crisis as a structural problem rather than an emergency requiring immediate aid.

Genesis FC defeated Platense 3–0 on August 15 in a Liga Nacional match marked by a historic joint broadcast by Diez, GoTV, and HCH from the Roberto Suazo Córdoba stadium in La Paz.

An appeals court reversed the formal charges and granted definitive dismissal to former Nationalist Party congresswoman Gladis Aurora López in a case alleging she misappropriated public funds from an electrification project in La Paz.

Julio César Bonilla Almendares, 28, was found shot multiple times on a road in La Paz; authorities discovered a note at the scene warning against involvement with married women, but have not confirmed a connection to the motive.

A 27-year-old construction worker from Intibucá staged a fake abduction and demanded L1 million (about $40,000) from his employer and colleagues in Marcala, La Paz, but police found him unharmed on a coffee farm, where he admitted the scheme was meant to pay debts and avoid work.

Yarumela, in La Paz department, holds evidence of organized human presence dating to around 1000 BCE, serving as a political and ceremonial capital during the Formative period with astronomical alignments and trade networks reaching Mexico and the Caribbean.

Authorities rescued a 12-year-old girl from a billiards hall in Tepanguare, La Paz, after she was forced to work there and allegedly abused by customers and a family associate with her grandparents' knowledge; both grandparents were arrested.

Honduras's National Police is accepting applications for three university degrees at ANAPO in La Paz, with evaluations running August 3 through October 30 and benefits including scholarships, housing, and meals.

The Santa Elena municipality in La Paz enacted an ordinance requiring NGOs, public and private institutions, and individuals to register with the mayor's office before conducting activities in local communities, with fines of 2,000–5,000 lempiras (about $80–$200) for non-compliance; analysts warn it mirrors restrictions on civic space being pushed at the national level.

The Infrastructure Ministry is clearing vegetation along the road connecting Cane and El Bache in the La Paz–Intibucá corridor to improve visibility, road safety, and conditions for travelers on this key route.

Police arrested a suspect in Opatoro, La Paz, after he allegedly opened fire on two men in an attempted attack.

A prolonged dry spell is devastating agriculture across six municipalities in southern La Paz Department, prompting local leaders to call on the government for emergency aid to farmers.

Members of Congress from La Paz are pushing a decree to spend 19.5 million lempiras (about $780,000) paving a 3-kilometer access road to San Pedro de Tutule, a major coffee-producing municipality whose current connections flood during the rainy season.

Police arrested a man in La Paz on suspicion of the aggravated rape of a child and stabbing a household member.

Ángel Isaac Díaz Cerrato, 16, from Tegucigalpa, was killed by multiple gunshots in a La Paz neighborhood on June 6 while leaving his home; he worked as a car washer and had recently moved there to live with his partner.