Search And Rescue

Two men disappeared after attempting to cross the swollen Patuca River in Olancho; rescue efforts have recovered one body 20 kilometers downstream, while search operations continue for the second man.

Rescue crews searching for four missing people after the Loarque hillside collapse — which brought down more than 20,000 cubic meters of debris, of which only about 5,000 have been removed — may suspend operations tonight if rain develops, the fire chief warned.

The Honduran Navy located three fishermen from Gracias a Dios who went missing on June 7 when their boat's engine failed, leaving them stranded three nautical miles off Caratasca Bar; all three were found alive and are receiving medical care.

Two trained search-and-rescue dogs from the Military Police worked over 38 hours to locate victims in the rubble of a collapsed warehouse complex in Tegucigalpa's Loarque neighborhood, helping recover the third and final victim.

Josué David Calderón disappeared while swimming with friends in the Chamelecón River on May 26 and was found dead hours later, the latest in a pattern of annual drowning fatalities involving minors at Honduras's rivers and beaches.