Honduras Security News

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 15-year-old from San Manuel, Cortés, who vanished on June 5 after delivering donuts, was located with her Salvadoran boyfriend; her family had received ransom demands for 1.5 million lempiras, but she later said she left voluntarily, and prosecutors declined to charge the boyfriend.

Security camera footage circulating on social media shows a suspect threatening a couple and stealing their motorcycle in the Modelo neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, with no arrests or recovery of the bike reported so far.

A woman was found strangled by her partner in Cauquira, Gracias a Dios; residents pursued and beat the suspect, identified as Alexis Fuentes, after discovering the body on Sunday morning.

Messages between the man accused of killing nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López on June 3 in San Manuel, Cortés, and his father have surfaced, with the father reportedly providing the WhatsApp screenshots to local media.

An ATIC criminal investigation file from April 2022 documents meetings between then–congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla and then–Security Minister Ramón Sabillón and a prosecutor's official, where Romero allegedly sought protection and support while being investigated for murders; Romero was arrested Friday on murder charges.

Authorities rescued two children in Santa Rosa de Copán who had been sexually abused and neglected by their father.

National Police are urgently trying to locate the family of a child named Nazareth Celeste Sánchez Silva from El Carrizal, who is currently hospitalized and needs to be reunited with her guardians.

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

Police detained at a hospital the woman accused of giving birth and abandoning her newborn daughter in vegetation in Lempira; she will face aggravated child abandonment charges upon recovery, while the infant remains stable under medical observation.

Sairy Portillo Betancour, 51, a Honduran who had recently returned from the United States, died from third-degree burns covering 99 percent of his body after his motorcycle collided with a bus and caught fire in San Pedro Sula's Barandillas neighborhood on Thursday; the intersection lacked a visible traffic sign.

Armed men with covered faces broke into a home in the Opoteca village of El Rosario, Comayagua, and shot Kevin López dead in front of his pregnant wife.

A Honduran court ordered Williams Izaguirre, arrested Friday in connection with the May 21 killing of 20 workers at an African palm plantation in Colón, held in pretrial detention alongside alleged mastermind Carlos Mencías, alias 'El Gato Negro,' in a case linked to fruit theft and a decades-old land dispute.

Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting his ex-partner in Siguatepeque.

The Public Ministry removed General Ramiro Muñoz Bonilla as head of the National Anti-Narcotics Directorate (DLCN) and appointed Commissioner Ever Danilo Mejía Mejía, who has over 30 years of experience in security and criminal investigation, including 17 years working with US agencies including the DEA and FBI.

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Patuca, Olancho, on a judicial warrant on suspicion of aggravated rape of his 8-year-old niece, authorities said.

A 14-year-old girl, Estefany Lizeth Carvajal, was killed by her stepfather in Sursular, Olancho, after he learned she had a boyfriend; the man was arrested after attempting to take his own life and is now in custody pending trial.

A child was struck by a pickup truck while running out of a store near a school in Santa Rita, Copán; security cameras captured the collision, but the child suffered only minor injuries and shock from the incident.

Police arrested three suspects allegedly linked to the 18th Street gang following an armed confrontation in the 15 de Septiembre neighborhood of Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, where officers also seized high-caliber weapons.

Police clashed with gang members in San Pedro Sula's Chamelecón sector on June 5, injuring two civilians and resulting in arrests and seizures as authorities continue saturated operations in the high-crime area.

Police discovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man in Bonito Oriental, Colón, and began investigation while forensic authorities prepared to collect the remains.

Honduras has recorded 832 traffic fatalities so far in 2026, with motorcyclists accounting for 46% of deaths and young drivers aged 18–32 most at risk, according to the National Traffic Authority.

The father of Daniel Antonio Meras, accused of killing his wife, nurse Elvia Gómez, in San Manuel, Villanueva, said his son promised to turn himself in to authorities and face justice for the killing.

Police arrested Williams Noé Reyes Izaguirre in Colón as a second suspect in the May 21 massacre of 20 people at an African palm plantation in Rigores, Trujillo; Alexis Molina Mencía, arrested earlier, is believed to have ordered the killings.

At least 187 former members of the disbanded Dipampco anti-gang unit have been referred to Human Resources and may face dismissal if an internal investigation finds they committed crimes, authorities say.

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.

A driver nearly lost his life in a serious collision in the San Miguel neighborhood of Tegucigalpa that knocked down a power pole, leaving nearby areas without electricity.

Military police and National Police arrested an active officer assigned to the police intelligence directorate (DIPOL) in Valle de Ángeles after seizing suspected crack cocaine, a cell phone, and a government pickup truck from him.

The ATIC (Honduras's anti-trafficking unit) arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

Honduras's environmental enforcement unit FEMA carried out an operation in the village of San Isidro, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, arresting four people and seizing heavy machinery.