Drug Trafficking

A specialized national tribunal convicted six people of drug trafficking, illegal weapons possession, and criminal association; sentencing is scheduled for August 7.

Police arrested four men in Juticalpa, Olancho, accused of drug distribution, cattle theft, and illegal weapons possession; officers seized two 9mm firearms during the operation.

Honduran prosecutors' agents destroyed a coca plantation containing 7,280 plants in a mountainous area of Bonito Oriental, Colón, as part of ongoing anti-drug operations across the country.

Junior Monge, 27, accused of leading a major cocaine-smuggling organization called Los Monges that moved drugs to the US and Europe via Honduras's Atlantic corridor, was arrested June 25 in northern Spain and faces extradition to Honduras.

Police arrested a 24-year-old resident of Choloma in Cortés on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing nine packets of suspected cocaine during a patrol in the Las Américas neighborhood as part of a public-safety operation.

Police arrested a 31-year-old man accused of distributing cocaine for MS-13 in the El Progreso municipality of Yoro, seizing 16 packets of white powder and 400 lempiras during the operation.

Alexander Montoya Úsuga, a cousin of jailed Clan del Golfo leader "Otoniel" and a key operator for the organization, used La Ceiba and Roatán as a base to coordinate cocaine shipments and money laundering between South America and the United States before his 2021 extradition to the US.

Police in Comayagua arrested several suspects and referred a child to juvenile authorities on suspicion of drug trafficking.

Police in La Ceiba arrested a child suspected of drug trafficking and seized 250 doses of suspected crack cocaine; the youth has a prior arrest related to an attempted homicide in November 2025.

Honduras's joint military commander said the country is in dialogue with the United States about joint "combat operations" against organized crime under Trump's Americas Anti-Cartel Coalition, with the decision resting with President Nasry Asfura.

Police arrested a 46-year-old man in Juticalpa, Olancho, and seized six packets of suspected marijuana from his home during a search warrant operation.

Michael Adolf Dixon Rivers, a Honduran drug trafficker who operated Caribbean shipping routes, was sentenced to 14 years in US federal prison in May 2022 after authorities intercepted approximately 3 metric tons of cocaine near Aruba in 2019, unraveling his international cocaine-smuggling conspiracy.

Prosecutors in San Pedro Sula filed charges against 18 people linked to drug-trafficking offenses.

National Police arrested a man known as "El Fierro," alleged to be an MS-13 member, in the central region on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm.

Police arrested a man in Catacamas on suspicion of drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.

Honduran police dressed as 2026 FIFA World Cup mascots to carry out an undercover operation that resulted in the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker.

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

A national criminal court in San Pedro Sula ordered four suspects—William Exón Romero Mejía, Dayana Daribel Maradiaga Mejía, Junior Noel Nufio Rodríguez, and Mario Joel Larios Chavarría—held in pretrial detention on charges of aggravated drug trafficking after allegedly transporting 241 packages of dried cannabis.

Jorge Alberto Cálix Orellana has been appointed director of Honduras's agency that administers assets seized from drug traffickers, sparking concerns over conflict of interest because his brother Mario José Cálix—a major trafficker extradited to the US in 2024—had substantial property and accounts seized by the same institution.

Five National Police officers were killed in a violent ambush at a house in Corinto belonging to a leader of a criminal organization linked to the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel; investigators say about 150 gang members participated in the attack.

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

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.

Criminal Investigation agents arrested a man in Olancho and confiscated 73 packets of suspected cocaine, a rifle, a cellphone, and 800 lempiras (about $32) in cash.

Prison guards using X-ray scanners arrested three women, aged 39–41, who allegedly concealed cocaine and marijuana on their bodies during a family visiting day at Honduras's main penitentiary in Támara.

A Roatán court issued arrest orders against four individuals on charges including illegal firearms possession, drug trafficking, and aggravated robbery with violence.