Homicide Trial

A tribunal in Siguatepeque will announce on October 30 whether former police officer Jarol Perdomo is guilty or innocent in the 2021 death of nursing student Keyla Martínez, in a retrial ordered by Honduras's supreme court.

A court completed the evidence phase on September 10 in the trial of Jarol Rolando Perdomo Sarmiento, accused of killing nursing student Keyla Patricia Martínez, who died in police custody in Intibucá in February 2021; the judge will schedule closing arguments after a final site inspection.

Jesús Humberto Mancía, accused of participating in armed attacks on public buses in San Pedro Sula on August 30, 2003 that killed 17 people in a single day, faces trial on charges of 17 counts of murder and other crimes; the prosecution presented a protected witness who identified him among the gunmen.