Rural Violence

Marco Antonio Suárez and his one-year-old son Marco Huriel were shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles in Teupasenti, El Paraíso; authorities suspect the killing may have been revenge for a death eight years earlier.

Allan Adalid Barahona Lanza, 37, was found dead in the village of Jicarito in Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán; authorities say an autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death as investigations continue.

María Nery Méndez, a 55-year-old farmer, was fatally attacked by two men wielding machetes as she walked home in rural Intibucá on the evening of July 9; a third person allegedly provided information about her location.

Three men were killed in El Negrito, Yoro, early on July 2; police are investigating possible links to cattle rustling complaints in the area in recent weeks.

Osman Danilo Reyes, 30, a motorcycle-taxi operator, was shot and killed on a road near the village of La Montañita in San Juan, Intibucá, as police secured the crime scene.

Danilo Flores and Aracely Ramírez were killed by gunfire on Sunday afternoon in the El Cablote sector of Lajas, Comayagua; armed assailants intercepted them on an isolated road, fired multiple times, and fled.

A man and his young daughter were shot dead in their home in Nueva Granada, a border community in Santa Bárbara department, while the mother was wounded and hospitalized; authorities were investigating possible personal disputes as a motive.