Homicide

Antony Castillo Garrido, a young resident of Comayagua, died at Hospital General Santa Teresa after gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on his home; authorities are investigating the motive and seeking the attackers.

A man was fatally attacked with a blade and set on fire on the CA-11 highway near Belén, Lempira; authorities recovered the charred body and sent it for forensic identification.

Two men were killed in the La Llorona community of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho; preliminary reports indicate the victims were engaged in selling plastic products, and authorities had not yet arrived at the scene.

Four people were shot and killed in the colonia 15 de Septiembre neighborhood of Olanchito on Tuesday night when four armed gunmen on two motorcycles opened fire without warning; three of the victims were from the same family.

Harold Ulloa Ramos, 17, was kidnapped by two men on motorcycles near Santa Rita, Yoro, on August 3 and found decapitated the following morning, with his head left on a roadside and his body discovered separately.

Authorities arrested a 34-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his aunt, Elizabeth González Ardón, on May 29 in Alauca, El Paraíso; investigators believe a family dispute over an inheritance motivated the killing.

A woman with multiple knife wounds was discovered dead in an unfinished house in the La Pista neighborhood of Catacamas, Olancho, on Saturday morning; police have not yet identified her or identified suspects.

National Police arrested two men, known as "El Yal" and "El Diablo," in connection with the death of a homeless woman in El Progreso, Yoro, who was killed with a concrete block.

José Sabillón, a shop owner in central Honduras, was shot and killed at a restaurant in Siguatepeque on Tuesday morning; police said they are investigating the motive.

The remains of Olvin Ariel Aguilera, a man reported missing by family, were discovered dismembered in El Zapote, San Antonio de Flores, Choluteca.

The body of a woman was discovered unclothed in a vacant lot in the Cabañas neighborhood of El Progreso, Yoro; authorities are investigating the circumstances and possible motive.

Óscar Rafael Amador, a respected teacher in Guayape, Olancho, was killed in a shooting attack on Sunday; police are investigating but have not identified suspects or a motive.

Moisés Girón was fatally shot in front of his house in the Ramón Amaya Amador neighborhood of Comayagüela; police are investigating the killing.

Police arrested a 68-year-old security guard and a 20-year-old mason in connection with the machete killing of Eliezer Isaías Cruz in Roatán on July 24; investigators say at least five other suspects remain at large.

Rafael Antonio Herrera, 46, a former municipal councilman and businessman in Goascorán (Valle department), was shot and killed after a dispute over a dog that had bitten his son; his son was also wounded, and a suspect has been arrested.

Police discovered the bagged body of a young man bound hand and foot with signs of severe torture in the Nueva Suyapa neighborhood of Tegucigalpa on Saturday; his identity and whether he was local remain unknown.

A taxi driver identified as José Carrasco was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the Villa Neen neighborhood of La Ceiba; police have launched an investigation but have not yet identified a motive or suspects.

Police arrested a suspect in Intibucá in connection with the death of a woman; the man had an outstanding arrest warrant from the previous year.

Prosecutors obtained a formal charges and pretrial detention order against a suspect accused of torturing and killing three men in the Cimarrón district of Francisco Morazán on May 11; the victims' bodies were found burned after an apparent drug deal gone wrong.

Milton Omar Rápalo, owner of a car wash, was shot and killed in a shopping center parking lot in San Pedro Sula on Monday afternoon; authorities are reviewing security footage and gathering evidence.

A man accused of being a police officer shot and killed Sohenia Johana Baca, who cared for his daughter, during a dispute over court-ordered child support in the Palo Real hamlet of Sabanagrande; a child at the scene was also wounded.

Marco Antonio Suárez and his one-year-old son Marco Huriel were shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles in Teupasenti, El Paraíso; authorities suspect the killing may have been revenge for a death eight years earlier.

Four cousins—ages 14, 15, 20, and undisclosed—were kidnapped from their homes in La Ceiba, Atlántida, and later found dead and bound in two locations across the city.

Allan Adalid Barahona Lanza, 37, was found dead in the village of Jicarito in Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán; authorities say an autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death as investigations continue.

A police officer shot his neighbor, a woman, in the aldea La Ceiba in Sabanagrande, injuring her daughter, then died by suicide at the scene; authorities are investigating the motive as femicide deaths in Honduras exceed 150 so far in 2026.

Police arrested a man in Intibucá on suspicion of fatally stabbing another man during a brawl while under the influence of alcohol.

A lawyer was shot and killed inside his vehicle in Esparta, Atlántida department.

Police arrested José Efraín Armijo after an 11-year-old boy in Balfate, Colón, was killed with a machete on Sunday; the suspect confessed and has a prior record of violence, authorities say.

A man identified as Samuel Mejía was killed by at least nine gunshot wounds in El Sauzal, Yoro on Wednesday afternoon; police and forensic authorities arrived to investigate.

An 11-year-old boy, José Ramón Gutiérrez Maldonado, was fatally stabbed while resting in a hammock in Balfate, Colón; police arrested a man known in the community as "Piolín" who is believed to have a mental illness.