Violent Crime

Honduras's Security Ministry revised its 2025 homicide count upward from 2,337 to 2,626 deaths without explanation, a statistical adjustment that makes 2026 appear to show a decline when comparing the first half of each year.

Police arrested José Efraín Armijo after an 11-year-old boy in Balfate, Colón, was killed with a machete on Sunday; the suspect confessed and has a prior record of violence, authorities say.

A man identified as Samuel Mejía was killed by at least nine gunshot wounds in El Sauzal, Yoro on Wednesday afternoon; police and forensic authorities arrived to investigate.

A woman, appearing to be about 35 years old and bearing stab wounds to the neck, was found dead on a street in Perpetuo Socorro, Comayagüela, on the morning of June 20; she remains unidentified pending forensic examination.

Farmers discovered the headless and limbless body of an unidentified man in a ravine near Tegucigalpa on June 11; authorities will use DNA identification since fingerprints are unavailable.

Ángel Isaac Díaz Cerrato, 16, from Tegucigalpa, was killed by multiple gunshots in a La Paz neighborhood on June 6 while leaving his home; he worked as a car washer and had recently moved there to live with his partner.

A man died following a violent stone attack in the Cerro Grande neighborhood of Tegucigalpa; his identity has not yet been released.

A man was killed in a violent attack with stones at a residence in Cerro Grande, Las Flores zone, in Tegucigalpa; authorities were investigating and his identity had not been disclosed.