Honduras Security News

A hillside collapsed onto a warehouse complex in southern Tegucigalpa on June 23, triggering a fire and leaving two people trapped under debris as firefighters worked to clear rubble and reach them.

Nearly 4.5 years after Angie Peña disappeared on January 1, 2022, her family and human-rights lawyers say the state has failed to genuinely investigate a human-trafficking network operating on the island of Roatán, with prosecutors unaware of the case's details and multiple investigation lines left uncoordinated.

The 2011 killing of two university students by National Police officers in Tegucigalpa sparked Honduras's largest police purge, leading authorities to separate about 6,000 officers and hire 14,000 new recruits under reformed standards.

Eleven Honduran police officers will learn their sentences on June 29 for allegedly planting evidence on two Filipino nationals and robbing them during an illegal 2023 raid in Villanueva, Cortés.

Honduras's new Anti-Extortion and Terrorist Associations Division (DAET) arrested 29 people linked to criminal structures in its first 25 days, including 10 through judicial warrants and 19 caught in the act, mostly suspected MS-13 members.

A woman from Choloma died over the weekend at a local gymnasium in circumstances authorities are investigating; forensic pathologists are conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death and whether any preexisting medical condition was involved.

Police in Olanchito, Yoro, arrested two laborers aged 32 and 24 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old man in his home on Saturday night and threatening him to prevent him from reporting the crime.

At least three women were killed in recent days in Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and Olanchito; the Violence Observatory at the National Autonomous University of Honduras reports that over 130 women have been murdered so far this year, with impunity cited as a major barrier to justice in femicide cases.

Police in La Ceiba arrested a child suspected of drug trafficking and seized 250 doses of suspected crack cocaine; the youth has a prior arrest related to an attempted homicide in November 2025.

Three Hondurans were found dead in Missouri in what authorities suspect was carbon-monoxide poisoning from a running vehicle; a child survivor is in care, and Honduras's Foreign Ministry is coordinating victim identification and repatriation.

Colonel Juan Carlos Osorto, former director of Honduras's main prison in Támara, faces accusations of sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and coercion from female staff, alongside an investigation into L8 million (about $320,000) missing from prison canteen funds.

Julio Gómez was arrested in Sonaguera after allegedly beating his live-in partner, Suyapa Zamora, to death with a wooden club in the Arenas community on June 17, citing jealousy over her alleged interest in his cousin.

Firefighters controlled a fire that erupted following a vehicle accident near a gas station on Calle de Los Alcaldes, with emergency crews treating three people injured in the incident.

José Miguel Cardona Pérez died Saturday morning in Santa Fe, Ocotepeque, after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck near a gas station; he arrived at a clinic with vital signs but succumbed to his injuries minutes later.

Five members of the Reyes family were found slain in their San Pedro Sula home on June 17, 2004; investigators suspect drug trafficking, but no one has been convicted in the case despite evidence of hidden compartments and unexplained wealth.

National Police arrested two men suspected of a series of robberies in La Ceiba and are urging victims to file formal complaints, warning that without evidence and testimony the suspects risk being released.

Honduras's National Police are demanding housing, education, and health care for families of seven officers killed in a June 17 bus-truck collision on the CA-5 highway in Comayagua, along with wage increases and reduced pension-fund interest rates for all personnel.

Anti-narcotics police arrested a person in Catacamas found with 32 packets of suspected cocaine, an additional ounce, drug-preparation equipment, and cash during operations against small-scale drug networks.

Women's rights activists warn that femicides in Honduras are increasingly linked to gang territorial disputes, with women killed to send messages rather than in domestic violence contexts.

Honduras's public-transport sector reports paying roughly 500 million lempiras (about $20 million) annually to criminal gangs, with some bus and taxi routes in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula now shuttered due to threats and attacks on drivers.

Detectives arrested a man in San Antonio, Comayagua, with four packages of suspected marijuana, 36 prepared doses for sale, a firearm, and drug paraphernalia.

Carlos Alberto Arriaga, 52, a produce seller at El Rápido market, was killed by shotgun fire on Saturday morning in the Las Peñitas neighborhood; police have not disclosed a motive or identified suspects.

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 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.

Brayan Josué Moncada, 17, was shot multiple times in the Valle de Choluteca neighborhood on Friday afternoon; police arrested three suspects, though authorities have not yet disclosed a confirmed motive.

National Police arrested a 42-year-old man from Guayape, Olancho, on an outstanding murder warrant, identifying him as the suspected leader of the criminal organization known as 'El Zanate,' which operates in that municipality.

Police in the Atlántida department arrested two young men suspected of a series of robberies in La Ceiba and are urging victims to file formal complaints, warning that lack of reports could lead to their release.

The Public Ministry announced it will seek more than 60 years in prison for a man accused of sexually abusing his nephew.

A court sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for the murder of attorney René Altamirano in San Pedro Sula, following a prosecution by the Public Ministry.

Evin Noel Sales Ayala was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for the January 2022 murder of Pablo Hernández Rivera, a broadcaster, indigenous Lenca leader, and human-rights and land-rights advocate in Lempira.