Missing Persons

Federal agents detained 121 people in an August 30 raid on a Memphis bar; several Hondurans have already been deported while community groups say eight others remain unaccounted for, and four were released at the scene after proving their immigration status.

The Conadeh (Honduras's human-rights ombudsman) and the International Committee of the Red Cross have called on the government to approve legislation to improve the search for missing persons and support their families.

Josué Enríquez and Yair Vega, both 17, have been missing from Baracoa, Puerto Cortés, since Wednesday; their families are seeking public help to locate them.

A couple reported missing from Lempira on August 14 has been found dead in Tambla; authorities are conducting forensic identification and investigating the circumstances of their deaths.

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

Two men disappeared after attempting to cross the swollen Patuca River in Olancho; rescue efforts have recovered one body 20 kilometers downstream, while search operations continue for the second man.

Rescue teams are searching for two men who disappeared while attempting to cross the swollen Wampú and Los Mangos rivers in Gracias a Dios and Olancho after heavy rains, with over 2,000 people displaced and homes damaged across the region.

Two young people disappeared while attempting to cross the Patuca River in Honduras; search efforts are ongoing.

Rescue crews searching for four missing people after the Loarque hillside collapse — which brought down more than 20,000 cubic meters of debris, of which only about 5,000 have been removed — may suspend operations tonight if rain develops, the fire chief warned.

Nearly 4.5 years after Angie Peña disappeared on January 1, 2022, her family and human-rights lawyers say the state has failed to genuinely investigate a human-trafficking network operating on the island of Roatán, with prosecutors unaware of the case's details and multiple investigation lines left uncoordinated.

A judge conducting case proceedings visited Honduras's criminal investigation agency as part of ongoing judicial work into the 2022 disappearance of Angie Peña, a high-profile missing-person case whose family recently filed a habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court.

Heavy rains across eastern and central Honduras have destroyed roads and bridges, isolated thousands of people in five municipalities, caused crop losses, and left two young men missing after being swept away by the swollen Patuca River in Olancho.

Two young people disappeared while attempting to cross the Patuca River in Honduras.