Siguatepeque News

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.

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.