Forensic Medicine

Honduras's Forensic Medicine Directorate will bury 20 unclaimed bodies from Tegucigalpa's morgue on November 14, bringing the year's total of bodies interred by the institute to 76.

A 4-year-old girl who died at a San Pedro Sula bus terminal had Burkitt lymphoma, an aggressive cancer; forensic medicine confirmed death resulted from organ failure caused by the disease.

The Public Prosecutor's forensic medicine DNA laboratory has completed genetic analysis on 53 unidentified bodies, comparing bone remains and other complex samples against relatives' DNA to restore names to the deceased.

Dr. Mario Javier García Martínez, former director of Forensic Medicine and a specialist in legal and forensic medicine who taught at the National Autonomous University of Honduras, died of a heart attack.

Honduras's Public Ministry forensic mental health department completed 752 evaluations through August 2026—371 in forensic psychology, 360 in psychiatry, and 21 in social work—providing medical-legal opinions that officials say are essential to the criminal justice system.

Denis Castro Bobadilla, a former chief of forensic medicine, has challenged the forensic findings in the case against a Danlí teacher and municipal councilman accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student, saying the investigation contains gaps that should have been resolved before the case was filed.