Honduras Security News

Authorities discovered the body of a 57-year-old woman in advanced decomposition inside her home in Choloma, Cortés; neighbors reported the discovery after noticing a strong odor, and forensic experts will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

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.

Honduras's Supreme Court rejected journalist José Carlo Panameño's appeal and upheld his conviction for assaulting neighbor Edson Euclides Gutiérrez Lagos over a parking dispute on May 24, 2023, with the victim now breaking years of silence about the incident.

Pedro Alexis Matamoros Sánchez, the fourth person charged in the 2019 killing of Tegucigalpa's former mayor Óscar Acosta, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after accepting guilt in the crime.

The National Congress's Telecommunications Commission is advancing reforms to combat inmates' use of mobile phones and communications equipment to conduct extortion, including proposed penalties for satellite companies and prison officials who allow contraband devices into facilities.

Police arrested two men, ages 25 and 22, on suspicion of armed robbery with intimidation against a resident of Yoro; officers caught them fleeing the Las Colinas neighborhood shortly after the alleged assault.

National Police arrested two members of a criminal gang accused of stealing and dismantling motorcycles in Olanchito, Yoro.

National Police arrested an active MS-13 gang member in San Lorenzo, Valle, and seized more than 2,900 doses of narcotics during the operation.

A deported man was arrested after his wife was killed at a motel in an incident involving accusations of infidelity and a financial dispute over approximately 260,000 lempiras (about $10,400).

Police arrested a man with an outstanding warrant in connection with the killing of Máximo Martínez in Intibucá.

Police arrested a man in La Paz on suspicion of the aggravated rape of a child and stabbing a household member.

Honduras's anti-trafficking unit conducted raids in La Lima, Cortés, to investigate suspected child sexual abuse material production and distribution.

A 66-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man were electrocuted Saturday in the Mololoa neighborhood of Tegucigalpa while trimming tree branches near power lines.

National Police arrested a man suspected of belonging to the Barrio 18 gang on a drug possession charge in the La Rivera Hernández neighborhood.

National Police arrested a man known as "El Fierro," alleged to be an MS-13 member, in the central region on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm.

The director of the UNAH's Violence Observatory reported to Radio HRN that Honduras averages six homicides per day, with Francisco Morazán, Cortés, Olancho, Yoro, Atlántida, and Copán departments recording the highest rates.

Police arrested a man in Erandique on suspicion of murder after he evaded capture for seven years, according to a DPI spokesperson.

Police arrested a man in Catacamas on suspicion of drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.

Honduran police dressed as 2026 FIFA World Cup mascots to carry out an undercover operation that resulted in the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker.

Prosecutors in the Atlantic Littoral region destroyed more than 20,000 coca bushes during operations in Olanchito, part of ongoing drug-crop eradication efforts.

National Police arrested a suspected participant in the kidnapping of a VIP taxi driver who was rescued alive in Santa Bárbara.

Juan Guardado Portillo, 49, was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorcycle in Choloma on June 10; police suspect gang members demanding extortion were behind the attack, which also wounded a teenage passenger.

Firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy with serious burns to his left foot from a fire that destroyed a home in La Ceiba's Jesenia Castillo neighborhood, where two adults and four children lived.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for the second suspect in the death of a child in Belén, Lempira, following a prosecution request by the Public Ministry.

A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in the killing of former San Pedro Sula mayor Oscar Roberto Acosta, the Public Ministry announced.

Police arrested a man accused of killing his cousin during an argument over money.