Honduras Security News

Yessenia Alfaro, 37, from Gualaco in Olancho, was murdered in Sabá, Colón, after recently returning from the United States; a 27-year-old Salvadoran suspect has been arrested.

Police arrested Josué Antonio García, 18, in El Progreso on suspicion of drug trafficking and seized cocaine, crack, marijuana, and cash; authorities say he is an alleged MS-13 member.

Timoteo Castillo was found dead in his home in El Naranjo, Lepaterique, with multiple mutilations including decapitation, as police investigate the homicide with no suspects yet identified.

Endy Yadira Jiménez Calderón, a supervisor at an apparel factory in Naco, Quimistán, Santa Bárbara, died at work on Monday after suffering a health collapse; authorities are investigating the circumstances, and coworkers have called for a full investigation into her death.

Honduran police arrested a man wanted on an international red notice for his alleged involvement in the killing of two environmental defenders after three years as a fugitive.

Police arrested a 25-year-old man at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport on October 4 after he arrived on a deportation flight from the United States; he had an outstanding warrant issued in May 2024 for an alleged sexual assault.

Residents discovered the remains of a man identified only as Esteban inside an abandoned two-story house in central Santa Cruz de Yojoa; authorities are investigating.

A white pickup truck driven by engineer Wilmer Moya collided head-on with heavy equipment on the road to Dulce Nombre de Culmí in Olancho early Sunday, killing Moya and leaving another person gravely injured.

Margarita Sánchez, 45, was killed in a knife attack early Sunday in the San Ramón neighborhood of Siguatepeque, Comayagua, with police investigating the incident.

Unknown assailants shot and killed a man in the 13 de Julio neighborhood of Tegucigalpa during heavy rain, with the victim collapsing on nearby stairs as he fled.

A man in Tegucigalpa jumped from a bridge into the Choluteca River to flee an alleged robbery on Sunday and became trapped in the current before firefighters rescued him.

Police arrested a 44-year-old man on drug-trafficking charges during an operation in Roatán, the Bay Islands municipality.

National Police arrested eight suspects accused of illegally exploiting natural resources in Esquías, Comayagua.

A 32-year-old man, Olvin Ramos, was discovered dead in brush near San Lucas, El Paraíso, bearing signs of blunt-force trauma; authorities are investigating the motive and identity of those responsible.

Otoniel López, 34, died in a motorcycle accident in Santa Cruz de Yojoa; details of the crash remain unclear.

Honduras is deploying 33,000 security and medical personnel across 1,384 checkpoints, 187 tourist sites, and 304 ambulances for the Morazán holiday weekend to manage expected mass travel and respond to emergencies.

An appeals court confirmed formal charges against four people, including former Koriun Inversiones manager Iván Velásquez Castro, on money-laundering, weapons, and criminal-association charges stemming from the large-scale investment fraud scheme.

A man and woman riding a motorcycle were killed by gunfire on October 1 near Tatumbla in Francisco Morazán; police said attackers on another motorcycle fired from a darkened stretch of road with no security cameras.

Wilson Noel Quintero Guzmán, a former Honduran Army officer, escaped after being lured to Russia by a fake Facebook job ad promising security work, then coerced into combat; he is now sharing his story to warn other Hondurans of similar recruitment schemes.

Police arrested Johana Michel Flores Alvarenga, alias "Ratoncita," the partner of the alleged national leader of the 18th Street Gang, along with two other suspects, seizing an AR-15, marijuana, and phones from a Chamelecón home.

One month after former Olimpia player Kenny Martínez Webster, 22, was shot dead in Punta Gorda on September 1, his family is pressing authorities to arrest two additional suspects; one suspect, identified as a relative, is already in pretrial detention.

A couple, Erik Daniel Bonilla and Paola Orellana, were killed by gunmen on motorcycles in Zamora, Tocoa; the motive remains unknown and police are investigating.

Honduras's National Penitentiary Institute has suspended visits at four facilities and created a special profiling team to identify and relocate inmates convicted or accused of terrorism-related offenses to maximum-security units, implementing measures mandated by recent legislative reform.

Four officers from the police intelligence directorate were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a minor in Tegucigalpa on August 30; the child's family received a ransom demand for 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) and was warned not to contact authorities.

Three men—Carlos Chirinos, Cristian Chirinos, and José Benito Cálix—were found dead in a home in the Villa Santa neighborhood of Juticalpa, Olancho, apparently shot; authorities have begun investigating the killings.

Honduras's highway authority has impounded more than six public buses in San Pedro Sula for illegal window tinting, with fines of L600–L2,500 (about $24–$100) and vehicles held until the tinting is removed.

The Tropical Wave, operated by Galaxy Wave, ran aground on a sandbar at La Ceiba's port while returning from Roatán on September 29, but naval and rescue teams evacuated all passengers and their baggage unharmed, with port officials still investigating the cause.

A tribunal in Siguatepeque will announce on October 30 whether former police officer Jarol Perdomo is guilty or innocent in the 2021 death of nursing student Keyla Martínez, in a retrial ordered by Honduras's supreme court.

A 21-year-old woman was found dead in a motel room outside Catacamas on Monday evening alongside two men and a newborn, all unconscious; investigators suspect carbon monoxide poisoning, pending autopsy results, while the infant and one man remain hospitalized.

A 56-year-old Honduran woman was sought by El Salvadoran authorities after allegedly lending her cellphone to a prisoner under police watch at a San Salvador hospital; her family says she was unaware it was illegal and meant only to help him contact relatives.