Violent Crime

Three women were hospitalized in Mina de Oro, Olancho, after being attacked with bladed and firearms on August 18; police are investigating the incident and the women's identities and conditions.

The remains of Olvin Ariel Aguilera, a man reported missing by family, were discovered dismembered in El Zapote, San Antonio de Flores, Choluteca.

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.