Police Corruption

Two anti-extortion unit (DAET) agents were arrested for investigation after alleged cocaine, marijuana, and crack were found in a San Pedro Sula house administered by a state asset-management office and assigned to their unit, with authorities probing why the seized drugs were never processed through legal channels.

A judge ordered four members of the National Police's Intelligence Directorate (Dipol) held pending trial for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old from Tegucigalpa on August 30 and demanding 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) for his release.

Four officers from the police intelligence directorate were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a minor in Tegucigalpa on August 30; the child's family received a ransom demand for 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) and was warned not to contact authorities.

Honduras has sanctioned 10,752 police officers and security officials between 2018 and mid-2026, with 4,500 dismissed; data shows an average of 9–10 officers fired weekly, though many cases remain stuck in administrative processes despite suspected ties to organized crime.

A US federal court document from 2005 exposed a network of Honduran National Police officers—from inspector to subcommissioner rank—accused of using their positions to protect cocaine shipments for the criminal organization Los Cachiros, one of the Atlantic region's most powerful gangs.

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.

Eleven Honduran police officers will learn their sentences on June 29 for allegedly planting evidence on two Filipino nationals and robbing them during an illegal 2023 raid in Villanueva, Cortés.

A court found 11 former Dipampco agents guilty of kidnapping, robbery, and planting weapons and drugs on a Filipino citizen during an illegal 2023 raid in Villanueva, Cortés.

A government intervention review of the Dipampco found alleged protocol violations, negligence, and possible criminal liability among its leadership, including failures tied to a mission in which five officers were killed and operations conducted without judicial authorization.

Military police and National Police arrested an active officer assigned to the police intelligence directorate (DIPOL) in Valle de Ángeles after seizing suspected crack cocaine, a cell phone, and a government pickup truck from him.