Yoro

Three men were killed by gunfire in different neighborhoods of Yorito on the night of August 23, sparking fear among residents who reported hearing gunshots across the municipality.

A prolonged drought in Yoro has killed at least 400 head of cattle in the municipalities of Olanchito, Arenal, and Jocón, prompting a congressman to call for an emergency assessment by agricultural and disaster-response authorities.

Delsy Maribel Hernández Hernández, a Class I police officer assigned to El Negrito, Yoro, died after her Toyota Corolla veered off Highway RN-23 near Vueltas de Chancaya on Friday.

A prison officer died when a police vehicle transporting a detainee from La Ceiba back to Olanchito prison collided with a cargo truck near Agua Caliente in Yoro's Olanchito municipality.

Daniel Ramos, 15, from the hamlet of Locomapa, was identified as the boy whose body was found in Subirana, Yoro on Saturday; authorities are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Social-media videos and posts from Brayan Wilfredo Salgado Ruiz, one of six people killed in a massacre in Olanchito, Yoro, on August 4, have sparked widespread commentary as police investigate what they preliminarily suspect was a dispute between criminal organizations over illicit activities in the area.

Police arrested Jhoel Salomón Pineda García, 31, known as "El Peludo," a suspect in a kidnapping in Yoro in which the perpetrators demanded three million lempiras (about $120,000).

Harold Ulloa Ramos, 17, was kidnapped by two men on motorcycles near Santa Rita, Yoro, on August 3 and found decapitated the following morning, with his head left on a roadside and his body discovered separately.

Joshua Núñez, a player for FC La Familia in Santa Rita, died Saturday night when his motorcycle collided with a bus on the highway between Santa Rita and El Progreso.

A woman identified as Saida was discovered dead on June 27 in the municipal cemetery of El Progreso, Yoro; authorities are investigating the circumstances, and an autopsy will determine the cause of death.

Police arrested a 26-year-old security worker from Santa Rita in connection with the April 23 shooting death of a guard and wounding of another at a residential complex in El Progreso, Yoro.

More than 600 farmers in Yoro are facing severe drought as rainfall has dropped sharply compared to 2025, with communities calling on the government for emergency assistance as grain supplies dwindle.