Siguatepeque News

COHEP is hosting an employability fair at UNICAH's Siguatepeque campus on October 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., connecting local jobseekers with regional employers and institutions.

Work on the Roberto Martínez stadium in Siguatepeque, home to Atlético Independiente, is progressing with CONDEPOR Honduras installing a new playing field, with the club hoping to host home matches there next season.

Margarita Sánchez, 45, was killed in a knife attack early Sunday in the San Ramón neighborhood of Siguatepeque, Comayagua, with police investigating the incident.

Honduras's National Transport Council held an extraordinary assembly in Siguatepeque on October 4 to analyze rising fuel costs and discuss possible responses, including whether to call a nationwide strike.

A tribunal in Siguatepeque will announce on October 30 whether former police officer Jarol Perdomo is guilty or innocent in the 2021 death of nursing student Keyla Martínez, in a retrial ordered by Honduras's supreme court.

The government announced a renovation and expansion of Siguatepeque's public clinic with an investment of over 42 million lempiras (about $1.7 million) to be completed in eleven months, including upgrades to emergency, obstetrics, pharmacy, and physical therapy services.

The U.S. Embassy is hosting two information sessions on September 9 and 10 in Siguatepeque and La Ceiba to guide Honduran students on scholarship and exchange opportunities in the United States, offering practical advice on strengthening applications.

Honduras's sports authority (CONDEPOR) has released funds to renovate the Roberto Martínez Ávila Stadium in Siguatepeque, home to Independiente, a club in the national league that currently plays home matches at a temporary venue.

A woman died after becoming trapped in a fire that swept through an apartment building in the San Juan neighborhood of Siguatepeque on August 17; firefighters are investigating the cause.

José Sabillón, a shop owner in central Honduras, was shot and killed at a restaurant in Siguatepeque on Tuesday morning; police said they are investigating the motive.

Acting on a court order and investigation into a July 4 attack on armed forces members, Honduras's Military Police raided a home in Siguatepeque suspected of involvement in drug trafficking, weapons storage, stolen-motorcycle dismantling, and other crimes, seizing marijuana, cocaine, ammunition, and vehicle parts.

Police rescued a student held for ransom in Siguatepeque after kidnappers demanded 2 million lempiras (about $80,000) for his release.

Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting his ex-partner in Siguatepeque.

Nilson Alberto Lazo, 34, died Thursday afternoon in Aguas del Padre village when the Siguatepeque fire department's rescue attempt came too late after he became buried in soil.

Five years after nursing student Keyla Martínez was killed in police custody, a retrial begins in August after the original conviction for involuntary homicide was overturned due to procedural irregularities; her mother and women's rights groups demand the case be reclassified as aggravated femicide and that the accused police officer face pretrial detention.

Transport union leaders meeting in Siguatepeque have decided against strikes during the Morazán holiday and given the government two weeks to address their demands.

Fernando Josué Fiallos Rivera, 39, a store owner in Siguatepeque, Comayagua, was killed in a shooting last night when armed attackers posing as customers opened fire inside his shop; no arrests have been reported.

A Siguatepeque court began a retrial Thursday against former police officer Jarol Perdomo in the 2021 death of nursing student Keyla Martínez, after the Supreme Court annulled his 2024 conviction for negligent homicide — a charge prosecutors argued should have been aggravated femicide.