Villanueva

Yerlyn David Sagastume, 37, a deaf and mute auto painter, disappeared on October 11 near a gas station in Villanueva, Cortés; authorities ask anyone with information to call 9624-4544.

Andrés Cerna, an elderly man from Yoro, was struck and killed by a pickup truck on the CA-5 highway in Villanueva, Cortés, while crossing the median on his way to San Pedro Sula after a trip to obtain medicine.

Demonstrators blocked the CA-5 highway in Villanueva and a detour toward Calán in Cortés department, disrupting traffic in the area.

Police in Villanueva, Cortés arrested a 40-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter from age 8, including rape beginning at age 11, with threats used to silence both the child and her mother.

María Gregoria Martínez, from Las Lajas in Comayagua, was struck and killed by a vehicle on July 27 in the Dos Caminos sector of Villanueva while visiting family; authorities have not yet determined the driver's responsibility.

A 60-year-old man known as Pablo, a bottle and can collector in Villanueva, was found dead in the El Milagro sector on Saturday morning after an apparent knife attack; police are investigating.

A proposed law would authorize the municipality of Villanueva (Cortés) to borrow 300 million lempiras (about $12 million) for a municipal administrative center, cultural complex, market for small vendors, sports stadium, road paving, and stormwater drainage.

The Carlos Eduardo Espina school, a new facility serving dozens of children in Villanueva, Cortés, was inaugurated Monday following a project led by Japanese content creator and activist Shin Fujiyama.