Tegucigalpa Crime

Onasis Jafet Rodríguez Gómez, 25, was found dead Monday morning in the Miraflores neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, bound and wrapped in a black plastic bag; police are investigating.

David Argueta, a TikTok content creator known for sharing videos about modified cars and mechanics, was shot and killed September 15 in the La Peña neighborhood of Tegucigalpa; police say he was visiting his grandmother and had no criminal ties.

About 15 families in Villa Nueva, a Tegucigalpa neighborhood, were evicted by gang members on September 8, with police arriving only to oversee the forced displacement; a criminologist says the incident reflects a severe deterioration in public security, with homicides through early September running nearly level with last year.

Suspected gang members sent a package containing a mobile phone and live ammunition to taxi drivers at a stand in Barrio El Bosque, Tegucigalpa, demanding an extortion payment, causing drivers to suspend service.

Police arrested two of three suspects on motorcycles who robbed a woman in the Lomas del Mayab neighborhood of Tegucigalpa; the third suspect remains at large.