Honduras Security News

A man aged 20–30 was discovered shot more than 20 times with his hands and feet bound on a street between Monte Fresco and El Tablón in eastern Tegucigalpa; authorities have not yet identified the victim or located suspects.

Seven members of Honduras's National Police died in a traffic accident on June 17 in El Rodeo, Comayagua, with six of the victims being mourned in Danlí on June 18 as authorities investigate the circumstances.

A National Police vehicle collided with a trailer truck in El Rodeo, Comayagua on Wednesday afternoon, leaving several officers injured and preliminary reports suggesting some may have died, though exact casualty figures remain unconfirmed.

Yaritza Murillo, 20, and Katerin Oliva, 19, were shot dead and three men were wounded in an armed attack at a home in El Porvenir, Atlántida; the motive remains unclear and no arrests have been reported.

Police rescued a student held for ransom in Siguatepeque after kidnappers demanded 2 million lempiras (about $80,000) for his release.

Attorney Francisco Pascua filed complaints with Honduras's human rights ombudsman and the National Police after reporting his vehicle was broken into and items stolen, which he says is part of a pattern of surveillance and intimidation linked to his legal criticism of previous government decisions.

A man identified as Noé Mejía Vásquez was killed by gunfire in the Segua sector of San Miguelito, Intibucá; authorities are investigating the motive.

A 40-year-old tow-truck driver from Choloma was turned over to prosecutors for investigation into a June 17 traffic accident on Highway CA-5 that killed seven National Police officers and injured dozens when his vehicle lost control descending a slope, overturned, and struck a police bus.

The trial of three men accused as the triggermen in the 2024 killing of environmental leader Juan López has been postponed to January 18, 2027, to incorporate new evidence from arrests of three additional suspects charged with orchestrating the crime.

Investigators revealed that the crane involved in a collision on CA-5 that killed seven police officers on June 18 had no valid operating permit, though its three drivers held valid licenses; preliminary findings suggest excessive speed caused the driver to lose control on a downhill curve.

A 24-year-old in Choluteca reported losing L22,000 (about $880) in remittance money intended for home-construction materials when an elderly man used a sleight-of-hand trick to swap his cash for paper at a bank exit on June 17.

Honduras's Security Ministry updated its list of ten most-wanted fugitives following a U.S. announcement of increased rewards for information leading to the capture of two senior MS-13 leaders operating in the region.

Yorbic Adony Vallecillo, a National Police officer with eight months on the force, was among seven police killed in a crash on Highway CA-5; from El Porvenir, he had recently promised his father he would buy a bass guitar to play in his church.

At least six vehicles, including a municipal water tanker and a cement mixer, collided on the city's ring road near San Miguel, causing heavy congestion; no injuries have been reported yet.

Police arrested two women accused of operating a smuggling scam that took $3,000–$4,000 from Hondurans seeking illegal passage to the United States, then failed to deliver the promised services, with some victims waiting years for help that never came.

Police arrested a 46-year-old man in Juticalpa, Olancho, and seized six packets of suspected marijuana from his home during a search warrant operation.

Joaquín Alvarado Bueso, 38, was extradited to the United States on charges of first-degree rape, indecent acts against minors, and child sexual abuse involving two stepchildren.

A man and his young daughter were shot dead in their home in Nueva Granada, a border community in Santa Bárbara department, while the mother was wounded and hospitalized; authorities were investigating possible personal disputes as a motive.

A tractor-trailer collided with a police bus on the Rodeo grade of the CA-5 highway Wednesday afternoon, killing several officers and injuring others, with the exact toll still unconfirmed.

Michael Adolf Dixon Rivers, a Honduran drug trafficker who operated Caribbean shipping routes, was sentenced to 14 years in US federal prison in May 2022 after authorities intercepted approximately 3 metric tons of cocaine near Aruba in 2019, unraveling his international cocaine-smuggling conspiracy.

A woman died after being hit by a vehicle on the CA-5 highway at El Pajonal while attempting to cross; the driver fled without providing aid, and authorities are investigating.

Police removed 18 illegally installed security cameras in San Pedro Sula neighborhoods that gangs used to monitor police operations and coordinate criminal activity.

Prosecutors in San Pedro Sula filed charges against 18 people linked to drug-trafficking offenses.

A man has been convicted of aggravated kidnapping and rape after luring victims with false promises of employment in Honduras.

Mario Macedo, his sister Carmen Lobo, and Lobo's daughter Yaritza Suárez were shot dead at their home in rural Yoro in an attack police believe was retaliation for property damage months earlier; multiple gunmen on motorcycles carried out the killings.

A court in San Pedro Sula unanimously acquitted Isaac Sandoval of violence against a woman and injury charges brought by his ex-partner, Colombian model Daniela Aldana, finding insufficient evidence to prove the allegations.

Suyapa Zamora died after being attacked with a club by her partner at their home in Arenas, Sonaguera, Colón; police launched an investigation into the killing.

A man already accused of violence against his wife and child is suspected of killing his brother's wife in the Las Conchas community of Marcovia, Choluteca; police arrived to gather evidence as the investigation continues.

Honduras's Public Ministry seized 104 illicit assets—including 40 vehicles, 38 financial products, 19 real-estate properties, and seven businesses—linked to a fugitive with ties to the criminal organization Los Pinto, after detecting an unexplained gap of 418 million lempiras (about $16.7 million) in his financial movements.

A judge ordered Daniel Antonio Meraz Cáceres held in pretrial detention on a charge of aggravated femicide in the death of nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López, who was killed June 3 in San Manuel, Cortés; a preliminary hearing is set for July 15.