Domestic Violence

Armed men with covered faces broke into a home in the Opoteca village of El Rosario, Comayagua, and shot Kevin López dead in front of his pregnant wife.

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

A 14-year-old girl, Estefany Lizeth Carvajal, was killed by her stepfather in Sursular, Olancho, after he learned she had a boyfriend; the man was arrested after attempting to take his own life and is now in custody pending trial.

The father of Daniel Antonio Meras, accused of killing his wife, nurse Elvia Gómez, in San Manuel, Villanueva, said his son promised to turn himself in to authorities and face justice for the killing.

The capital's municipal government and the Women's Ministry are building a 30-million-lempira refuge in Cerro Grande to house and provide medical, psychological, and legal services to women and children fleeing domestic violence, with construction over 50% complete.