Homicide

Police say the shooting death of retired teacher Mercedes Martina Turcios, 62, killed Wednesday in El Rosario, Comayagua, may be connected to a dispute over land sale, with investigators reviewing surveillance footage and working with protected witnesses.

National Police arrested two men accused of killing someone following a heated argument while drinking in El Paraíso.

A court found five members of Pandilla 18 guilty of murdering a girl in the Santa Teresita neighborhood, according to the Public Ministry.

Dayana Sánchez, 23, was stabbed during an argument with a neighbor in the Pineda Milla neighborhood of La Ceiba and died after arriving at Hospital General Atlántida; police are investigating.

A young man has agreed to an abbreviated legal procedure in connection with the killing of a resident in Lepaterique, prosecutors announced.

Students, graduates, and colleagues in Cofradía, Cortés have flooded social media with tributes to Víctor Fiallos, the beloved founder and principal of Instituto Polivalente Gubernamental Brisas del Valle, whose killing authorities are still investigating.

Antonio Reyes, about 35, was shot and killed by armed assailants while riding a motorcycle in the San Juan neighborhood of Guaimaca, Francisco Morazán, with more than 12 shell casings found at the scene.

Víctor Fiallos, principal of Polivalente Brisas del Valle school in Cofradía, Cortés, was found dead on the premises, one day after a student at the same school also died under unexplained circumstances under investigation by authorities.

A judge in San Pedro Sula ordered the pre-trial detention of Germán David Gómez Escobar and Mauricio Yandel Alvarado Montoya, accused of murdering three students in El Progreso, with an initial hearing set for June 3.

El Progreso, Yoro held a mass funeral on May 28 for Gerald (15), Jonathan (15), and Carlos (16), shot dead on May 26 by armed men who police believe killed the students by mistaken identity amid rival gang territorial disputes.

Authorities are investigating whether armed gunmen killed three young students riding a motorcycle in El Progreso after mistaking them for gang members.