Sentencing

A San Pedro Sula court sentenced Héctor Danilo Gonzáles Lemus to four years in prison after he admitted to robbing a vehicle using violence or intimidation against two victims.

Prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence for Luis Francisco Núñez Santos, convicted of transporting drugs, during a sentencing hearing in San Pedro Sula.

A San Pedro Sula court sentenced José Nectaly Mejía Castellanos to 22 years in prison and permanent disqualification from public office for criminal association, illegal firearms possession, and drug trafficking.

Francia Medina, a former prosecutor found guilty of stealing more than 88 million lempiras (about $3.5 million) held as evidence in Central Bank vaults, had her sentencing hearing postponed.

A court sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for the murder of attorney René Altamirano in San Pedro Sula, following a prosecution by the Public Ministry.

Pedro Alexis Matamoros Sánchez, the fourth person charged in the 2019 killing of Tegucigalpa's former mayor Óscar Acosta, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after accepting guilt in the crime.