Narcotics

Police arrested a man suspected of MS-13 membership in Tegucigalpa's Dependencia neighborhood and seized six packets of cocaine, 18 packets of crack, seven packets of marijuana, and 300 lempiras in cash.

The Trump administration included Honduras among 22 countries designated as major drug-transit or drug-producing nations, citing geographic, commercial, and economic factors that facilitate narcotics movement, though Trump offered no specific details about Honduras.

Police arrested Jakaira Jennell Lucas Mc Laughlin, 29, a tour guide in Roatán, after seizing about one ounce of cocaine during a raid in French Harbour as part of operations targeting small-scale drug distribution in the Bay Islands.

National Police arrested an active MS-13 gang member in San Lorenzo, Valle, and seized more than 2,900 doses of narcotics during the operation.

Prosecutors in the Atlantic Littoral region destroyed more than 20,000 coca bushes during operations in Olanchito, part of ongoing drug-crop eradication efforts.

A national criminal court in San Pedro Sula ordered four suspects—William Exón Romero Mejía, Dayana Daribel Maradiaga Mejía, Junior Noel Nufio Rodríguez, and Mario Joel Larios Chavarría—held in pretrial detention on charges of aggravated drug trafficking after allegedly transporting 241 packages of dried cannabis.

Court documents show the US prosecutor calculated a three-ton cocaine shipment linked to Honduran trafficker Fredy Mármol at $93.5 million (about L2.5 billion) using an average street price of $31,161.76 per kilogram during the conspiracy period.