Police Operation

National Police arrested a man in Comayagua who was hiding drugs in a freezer at a commercial establishment used as a front for drug sales, seizing over 30 packets of suspected drugs and cash.

Police arrested José Mauricio Interiano Perdomo, alias Casper, identified as a leader of the El Mudo gang in San Pedro Sula; authorities link him to a mass killing in April 2021 and allege the group commits home robberies, armed assaults, and murders.

Honduras National Police began a 70-day intensive operation in Tegucigalpa targeting organized crime structures under the Plan Shield of Honduras, deploying over 300 officers to conduct patrols, arrests of suspects with outstanding warrants, and targeted interventions through year-end.

A 74-year-old man in Comayagüela was arrested on October 14 after a physician discovered images and videos of child sexual abuse on his phone while helping clear storage space and reported it to authorities.

Three men were detained in Juticalpa, Olancho, after police found two dead white-tailed deer and firearms in their vehicle during a departmental police operation.

Police arrested a 44-year-old man on drug-trafficking charges during an operation in Roatán, the Bay Islands municipality.

National Police arrested eight suspects accused of illegally exploiting natural resources in Esquías, Comayagua.

National Police will deploy a broad security operation for Honduras's World Cup qualifier against Jamaica on Monday, October 5 at 8:00 p.m. at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa.

Police in Concordia, Olancho arrested a man accused of sexually abusing his 18-month-old stepdaughter after the child's mother reported the assault; he attempted to poison himself as officers arrived at his home.

A National Police inspector died in a firefight with alleged members of Gang 18 in the Rivera Hernández neighborhood of San Pedro Sula; authorities reported arresting several suspects in the operation.

Police arrested a 27-year-old Choloma resident on an outstanding warrant for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm; the arrest warrant was issued by a local court in July 2023.

Military police seized firearms, ammunition, cocaine, crack, marijuana, nearly 13,200 lempiras (about $530), and cellphones in a raid on Brisas del Rosario neighborhood in Villanueva, Cortés; no arrests were reported.

A gunfight between police in the Metropolitan Prevention Unit 8 and suspected gang members in the Cerrito Lindo neighborhood left one person dead, five arrested, and two officers wounded during an operation against criminal groups.

National Police arrested a 26-year-old engineering student in San Manuel, Cortés, after a court-ordered raid on a home where officers seized 15 kilograms of marijuana valued at approximately 500,000 lempiras (about $20,000) and equipment used for packaging drugs for distribution across the Sula Valley.

National Police arrested two men in Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho, on suspicion of trafficking cocaine after finding 10 and 5 small bags of white powder in their possession during a raid.

National Police arrested a man in Comayagua on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault against a minor.

National Police arrested a 30-year-old security guard in Choloma during a preventive operation and seized several packets of suspected marijuana and cocaine; he faces charges of drug trafficking.

National Police rescued a five-month-old child who had been kidnapped and was being transported in a suitcase in Puerto Lempira; the infant has been reunited with his mother.

Police arrested a couple accused of drug trafficking and seized cocaine, cash totaling more than 60,000 lempiras (about $2,400), firearms, and surveillance equipment from a distribution hub in Las Flores, Lempira.

National Police arrested a man in Villanueva, Cortés, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant for murder.

National Police say they recovered 277 stolen vehicles and arrested suspected leaders of car-theft rings operating in Tegucigalpa during 2026.

National Police border agents seized merchandise valued at over 6 million lempiras (about $240,000) and arrested two suspects in El Paraíso department during a frontier operation.

A reported kidnapping of a delivery worker in Olanchito turned out to be an intimidation scam in which fraudsters used his personal information to threaten him into staying put.

Police arrested seven suspects linked to a mass killing in Rigores, Colón, in raids across three locations targeting the Los Canechos gang; one person died during a confrontation with officers in Esparta, Atlántida.

A 20-year-old suspected member of the 18th Street Gang (Pandilla 18) was arrested in the Planeta neighborhood of San Pedro Sula; authorities seized approximately 7,928 lempiras (about $318), cocaine, and a mototaxi vehicle.

Police arrested two suspects on drug-trafficking charges following an operation in Catacamas, Olancho.

Police arrested an adult and a minor on suspicion of drug trafficking in Choloma, Cortés.

José Enrique Amaya, 29, was arrested in Yoro after police discovered he had staged his own kidnapping using tomato paste to simulate wounds, demanding 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) from his sister in the United States.

National Police arrested a man wanted for homicide who had evaded justice for more than two decades.

National Police antidrug teams seized 154 packages of alleged cocaine hidden beneath the seats of a pickup truck during a checkpoint operation in Namasigüe, Choluteca.