Arrest

Police arrested a 38-year-old woman accused of killing Florinda Ramírez in February after the victim came to demand repayment of a loan; she was attacked with a machete and her body was later found in Orica, Francisco Morazán.

Police arrested two suspects on drug-trafficking charges following an operation in Catacamas, Olancho.

Police arrested a man in Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán, on suspicion of attempting to kill his brother; officers seized a knife from him.

Police arrested the son-in-law of former congressman Rafael Alegría on a murder charge dating to 2016.

Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a 78-year-old woman in El Progreso, Yoro.

Carlos Humberto Vivas, 49, and Juan Pablo Vivas, 44, were arrested in Las Vegas, Santa Bárbara, on suspicion of killing their brother José Luis in April 2018 by striking him with an axe and strangling him with a rope, then dismembering and dumping his body in a septic tank.

Police arrested a man accused of homicide in Ocotepeque department more than two years after the killing.

Authorities in San Pedro Sula arrested a man suspected of child sexual abuse material offenses in an operation by the Public Ministry's unit against human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.

Police in Olanchito, Yoro, arrested two laborers aged 32 and 24 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old man in his home on Saturday night and threatening him to prevent him from reporting the crime.

Julio Gómez was arrested in Sonaguera after allegedly beating his live-in partner, Suyapa Zamora, to death with a wooden club in the Arenas community on June 17, citing jealousy over her alleged interest in his cousin.

Brayan Josué Moncada, 17, was shot multiple times in the Valle de Choluteca neighborhood on Friday afternoon; police arrested three suspects, though authorities have not yet disclosed a confirmed motive.

Police arrested a man with an outstanding warrant in connection with the killing of Máximo Martínez in Intibucá.

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

Police arrested a man in Erandique on suspicion of murder after he evaded capture for seven years, according to a DPI spokesperson.

National Police arrested a suspected participant in the kidnapping of a VIP taxi driver who was rescued alive in Santa Bárbara.

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.

National Police arrested a man suspected of drug distribution in Morazán, Yoro, during a raid operation.

Police arrested a woman in Trujillo on a court warrant for murder, illegal weapons possession, and unlawful detention.

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

Authorities arrested ex-congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla and three others on suspicion of intellectual authorship in a murder and attempted murder in Copán; prosecutors say scientific evidence links him to the crimes and that one may be related to his son's kidnapping.

Authorities arrested four men in Copán including Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla, a former alternate congressman for Libre, on suspicion of murder and attempted homicide; the crimes are allegedly linked to the kidnapping of Romero's son.

Police arrested Carlos Roberto Cruz Velásquez, 49, on an outstanding warrant for the November 2021 death of Cruz Alexander Soto Elvir, whom authorities say he shot while working as a security guard at a pharmacy after the victim allegedly robbed a nearby branch.

Officers carried out a raid in the village of Talgua, Salamá, Olancho, detaining one man on drug trafficking charges.

DPI officers caught a suspect in the act of seriously wounding a victim with a scalpel-type blade in the capital, seizing the weapon at the scene.

Police arrested a man accused of killing his cousin during an argument over money.

Military police and National Police arrested an active officer assigned to the police intelligence directorate (DIPOL) in Valle de Ángeles after seizing suspected crack cocaine, a cell phone, and a government pickup truck from him.

The ATIC (Honduras's anti-trafficking unit) arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

The Western Regional Prosecutor's Office arrested a man accused of sexual assault in Copán as part of a nationwide operation.