Child Exploitation

A man and woman were arrested and ordered held in pretrial detention on charges of aggravated sexual exploitation and rape of minors; an initial hearing is set for July 22.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for Miguel Ángel Hernández Mejía, accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl in Catacamas, Olancho, after he confessed to paying the child's mother 4,000 lempiras (about $160) monthly for six months.

Police arrested a man accused of participating in a child trafficking network; he allegedly paid L4,000 (about $160) weekly to procure girls, according to investigators.

The Public Ministry's human-trafficking unit conducted raids in Choloma, Cortés, to investigate alleged child sexual-abuse material crimes.

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.

Honduras's anti-trafficking unit conducted raids in La Lima, Cortés, to investigate suspected child sexual abuse material production and distribution.