Pretrial Detention

Iván Velásquez, the former manager of Koriun Inversiones—a company accused of running a Ponzi-scheme fraud—was transferred from Támara prison to the Center for Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences for medical and psychiatric evaluation; the court has not disclosed who requested the assessment.

A judge ordered nine suspects held in pretrial detention on charges of trafficking cocaine and marijuana as part of an organized distribution network spanning Colón, Francisco Morazán, and Choluteca departments.

A specialized criminal court scheduled a hearing resolution for September 1 in the case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of fraud and money laundering; prosecutors are seeking formal charges and pretrial detention.

Urías Jabin Lovo Montoya, a TikTok content creator, was ordered held pending trial in Danlí on charges of aggravated mistreatment of a minor and misuse of emergency calls, with an initial hearing set for August 25.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for Iliana Vanessa Ilovares, a nurse accused of shooting her husband, Onix Kimberly Barahona, during a confrontation at a car wash in Tegucigalpa in September 2025; a preliminary hearing is set for September 1.

A court in Tegucigalpa has stalled for 18 months on two appeals challenging the pretrial detention of four men accused of the July 2020 disappearance of five Garífuna community leaders from Triunfo de la Cruz, with prosecutors filing a motion to force a ruling.

The attorney general's office announced it will seek pretrial detention for former president Juan Orlando Hernández at an August 12 hearing, arguing he poses a risk to evidence and claiming L169 million ($6.8 million) in public funds were diverted to political campaigning.

The prosecutor's office filed an appeal of a judge's decision to reduce pretrial detention measures against Mario Carbajal, an evangelical pastor accused of eight sexual offenses against three minors.

Adán Fúnez, former mayor of Tocoa, was switched from pretrial detention to home detention on health grounds, prompting environmental advocates and victim lawyers to warn the change offers insufficient protection for the family of slain environmental defender Juan López and lacks safeguards against potential witness intimidation.

A judge in San Pedro Sula ordered a teacher at Instituto José Trinidad Reyes held in pretrial detention on charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student on July 2, with a preliminary hearing set for September 7.

A José Trinidad Reyes Institute teacher in San Pedro Sula, Lenin Marel Jaco García, is scheduled for his initial court hearing on July 31 after being accused of sexual assault against a minor; he remains in pretrial detention at El Progreso prison.

A court rejected ex-prosecutor Francia Sofía Medina's request to be released pending sentencing in the BCH vault-theft case, though her lawyer argues she has already spent the legal maximum of 2.5 years in pretrial detention and filed an appeal.

Prosecutors obtained a formal charges and pretrial detention order against a suspect accused of torturing and killing three men in the Cimarrón district of Francisco Morazán on May 11; the victims' bodies were found burned after an apparent drug deal gone wrong.

A judge ordered Mauro Neptalí Sosa López held in pretrial detention on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child under 13; an initial hearing is scheduled for July 23.

A court in Puerto Lempira ordered Stedman Reyes Valle held in pretrial detention on suspicion of illegal weapons possession and drug trafficking.

Denis Castro Bobadilla, a former chief of forensic medicine, has challenged the forensic findings in the case against a Danlí teacher and municipal councilman accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student, saying the investigation contains gaps that should have been resolved before the case was filed.

A court replaced pretrial detention with less restrictive measures for former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo, accused of extortion, after the Constitutional Court found due-process violations; he must remain in Honduras, report regularly to court, and avoid contact with co-defendants.

A judge ordered Willian Fabricio Acuña Ramírez held in pretrial detention on charges of two counts of aggravated sexual assault against protected witnesses, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.

A judge ordered Osmán Adalid Carrasco García held in pretrial detention on suspicion of murdering Joel López, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.

Honduras's Constitutional Court granted an amparo (constitutional remedy) to former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo and ordered an appeals court to issue a new, properly reasoned ruling on his pretrial detention in an extortion case, finding the original decision violated due process.

A Roatán court issued arrest orders against four individuals on charges including illegal firearms possession, drug trafficking, and aggravated robbery with violence.