Homicide

Residents discovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man floating at a waterfall in Zambrano on June 28; locals suspect he may have fallen accidentally, and authorities are investigating whether it matches Oscar Orlando Canales, missing since June 17.

Martín Adonis Grandes Velásquez, a 29-year-old barber, was shot and killed in the Sandoval Sorto neighborhood of San Pedro Sula; authorities are investigating the motive.

INTERPOL arrested two Honduran nationals who had been deported from the United States on suspicion of attempted murder and homicide.

Armed assailants opened fire on an unidentified young man working as a helper on a bread-delivery truck in El Buen Pastor, El Rosario municipality, Comayagua, killing him on the spot.

Police arrested the son-in-law of former congressman Rafael Alegría on a murder charge dating to 2016.

Carlos Humberto Vivas, 49, and Juan Pablo Vivas, 44, were arrested in Las Vegas, Santa Bárbara, on suspicion of killing their brother José Luis in April 2018 by striking him with an axe and strangling him with a rope, then dismembering and dumping his body in a septic tank.

Doris Mayell Mendoza, a former National Party official and candidate for vice mayor of Tegucigalpa, surrendered to police after shooting a man who allegedly entered her home in Juticalpa to rob it; authorities say she acted in self-defense when he attacked her with a club.

An unidentified man in his 30s was discovered dead beneath the Río Danto bridge in La Ceiba with his bicycle nearby; authorities suspect he may have fallen from the bridge overnight.

Police arrested a man accused of homicide in Ocotepeque department more than two years after the killing.

The 2011 killing of two university students by National Police officers in Tegucigalpa sparked Honduras's largest police purge, leading authorities to separate about 6,000 officers and hire 14,000 new recruits under reformed standards.

At least three women were killed in recent days in Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and Olanchito; the Violence Observatory at the National Autonomous University of Honduras reports that over 130 women have been murdered so far this year, with impunity cited as a major barrier to justice in femicide cases.

Julio Gómez was arrested in Sonaguera after allegedly beating his live-in partner, Suyapa Zamora, to death with a wooden club in the Arenas community on June 17, citing jealousy over her alleged interest in his cousin.

Carlos Alberto Arriaga, 52, a produce seller at El Rápido market, was killed by shotgun fire on Saturday morning in the Las Peñitas neighborhood; police have not disclosed a motive or identified suspects.

A 60-year-old man known as Pablo, a bottle and can collector in Villanueva, was found dead in the El Milagro sector on Saturday morning after an apparent knife attack; police are investigating.

A woman, appearing to be about 35 years old and bearing stab wounds to the neck, was found dead on a street in Perpetuo Socorro, Comayagüela, on the morning of June 20; she remains unidentified pending forensic examination.

Brayan Josué Moncada, 17, was shot multiple times in the Valle de Choluteca neighborhood on Friday afternoon; police arrested three suspects, though authorities have not yet disclosed a confirmed motive.

National Police arrested a 42-year-old man from Guayape, Olancho, on an outstanding murder warrant, identifying him as the suspected leader of the criminal organization known as 'El Zanate,' which operates in that municipality.

A man aged 20–30 was discovered shot more than 20 times with his hands and feet bound on a street between Monte Fresco and El Tablón in eastern Tegucigalpa; authorities have not yet identified the victim or located suspects.

Yaritza Murillo, 20, and Katerin Oliva, 19, were shot dead and three men were wounded in an armed attack at a home in El Porvenir, Atlántida; the motive remains unclear and no arrests have been reported.

A man identified as Noé Mejía Vásquez was killed by gunfire in the Segua sector of San Miguelito, Intibucá; authorities are investigating the motive.

A man and his young daughter were shot dead in their home in Nueva Granada, a border community in Santa Bárbara department, while the mother was wounded and hospitalized; authorities were investigating possible personal disputes as a motive.

A man already accused of violence against his wife and child is suspected of killing his brother's wife in the Las Conchas community of Marcovia, Choluteca; police arrived to gather evidence as the investigation continues.

Police arrested a man with an outstanding warrant in connection with the killing of Máximo Martínez in Intibucá.

Farmers discovered the headless and limbless body of an unidentified man in a ravine near Tegucigalpa on June 11; authorities will use DNA identification since fingerprints are unavailable.

Juan Guardado Portillo, 49, was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorcycle in Choloma on June 10; police suspect gang members demanding extortion were behind the attack, which also wounded a teenage passenger.

A shooting at a food establishment in San Manuel, Cortés, left three people dead—including Óscar Ortiz Enríquez and Melva Caballero Fernández—after armed men on motorcycles entered and opened fire; one other person was wounded.

A specialized national court in Honduras opened proceedings against four men accused of murder, attempted murder, and criminal association in a killing in the western part of the country.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for the second suspect in the death of a child in Belén, Lempira, following a prosecution request by the Public Ministry.

A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in the killing of former San Pedro Sula mayor Oscar Roberto Acosta, the Public Ministry announced.

Police arrested a man accused of killing his cousin during an argument over money.