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6 stories in #femicidio
Clear filtersCongress Toughens Penalties for Femicide
Honduras, where a woman is killed every 32 hours, has approved sweeping Penal Code reforms raising femicide sentences to as high as 60 years and mandating specialized courts to handle gender-violence cases.
Nurse Found Dead in Honduras; 112 Women Killed Violently This Year
Elvia Mercedes Gómez, a nurse found dead in her San Manuel home in Cortés, is being investigated as a possible femicide, with her partner the main suspect; the death brings the toll of violent deaths of women in Honduras to at least 112 in 2026.
HCH· in SpanishPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 5, 2026#femicidio#violencia-contra-mujeres#homicidioBill Would Stiffen Femicide Penalties, Create Specialized Courts
A bill before Congress would raise femicide sentences to 25–30 years (or 30–40 for aggravated cases), create specialized courts nationwide to handle gender-violence crimes, and broaden the legal definition of power imbalance between men and women.
El Heraldo· enPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 4, 2026#femicidio#penal-reform#violencia-contra-mujeresSupreme Court Backs Femicide Reform and Prisoner Release Bill
Honduras's Supreme Court approved proposed reforms to femicide statutes and a law allowing release of terminally ill prisoners, offering technical observations for Congress to consider during legislative debate.
Five Years After Keyla Martínez's Death, No Justice in Sight
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.
Retrial Opens for Ex-Officer Accused in Keyla Martínez Custody Death
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.