Illegal Logging

Environmental prosecutors are investigating the unauthorized clearing of a road through a protected water-source buffer zone in Morazán, Yoro, where inspectors found illegal logging to create vehicle access.

The Public Ministry's environmental unit filed charges against Olman Osorto Cruz and his son Sergio Gustavo Osorto Guzmán for illegal forest exploitation in Las Peñitas, with evidence gathered in July raids; both men also face murder charges.

Military environmental patrols found about two manzanas of illegally cleared forest near a river in La Masica, Atlántida, and announced an investigation to establish responsibility.

Military patrols halted the illegal clearing of about 8 acres (two manzanas) of forest in La Másica, Atlántida, where workers were felling large timber trees and converting land for farming near Río Cuero, a watershed officials say is vital to the community's water supply and flood protection.

Annual forest losses from fires, illegal logging, and beetle infestations—between 60,000 and 70,000 hectares—are severely damaging Honduras's timber industry, according to government sources and the country's largest forestry company.

Military police arrested two suspects for illegal logging and seized a chainsaw in the Lagunitas sector of Santa Bárbara, recovering about 2.5 acres of mixed forest cleared for coffee cultivation.

Police arrested two men, ages 45 and 21, allegedly linked to the criminal organization run by alias 'Juan el Malón,' a figure authorities accuse of orchestrating violence, forced displacement, and illegal logging in the Merendón reserve area.

Military and police seized 565 board feet of illegally logged cedar wood in Quimistán, Santa Bárbara, following anonymous reports of environmental crimes and illegal forest harvesting in the region.

An Environmental Protection Battalion patrol in Las Agujas, Catacamas, Olancho stopped the illegal felling of about 98 mixed hardwood trees following a citizen report; two chainsaws were seized and the suspects fled.

Environmental prosecutors inspected the protected zone of the Río Oloma in El Negrito, Yoro, after a report of illegal cutting of mahogany, hormigo, and sangre trees.

Military forces seized 126 pieces of milled pine wood and two chainsaws during an operation in Olancho and arrested a man suspected of illegal logging that damages Honduras's natural resources.

Honduras's environmental prosecutor FEMA secured formal charges against four individuals for illegal tree-felling and unauthorized urban development inside La Tigra National Park.