Honduras Security News

Edwin Ramos and his son Wilder were fatally attacked during a birthday celebration in Sabá, Colón, on September 13; police are investigating the motive and searching for the suspect.

Two men killed under violent circumstances over the weekend remain unidentified at the Public Ministry morgue, one shot in El Carrizal, the other found wrapped in a bloodied sheet in Rubén Darío.

A woman identified as Carmen was arrested in San José, La Paz, after attacking her partner with a club during a jealous rage, allegedly triggered by finding a condom in his belongings.

Environmental defender Juan López was killed in Tocoa, Colón, on September 14, 2024; though three alleged masterminds were arrested in May 2026, his family and human-rights groups say the investigation remains incomplete and demand identification of who ordered the murder.

Authorities conducted 11 raids across Colón and Yoro targeting the Montoya Natarén criminal structure, arresting five people and seizing cash, weapons, two vehicles, and 12 phones; investigators are now analyzing the evidence for money-laundering connections.

Rosy Martínez, a young Garífuna woman from San Juan who had been reported missing, was found dead on Tornabé beach in Tela, Atlántida on Saturday; authorities await a forensic report to determine the cause of death.

Police in Tegucigalpa arrested a woman from Olancho who confessed to staging her own abduction along with her two infants and demanding 300,000 lempiras (about $12,000) from her partner, whom she accused of financial neglect and abuse.

A structural fire engulfed a clothing warehouse on the third floor in the Medina neighborhood of San Pedro Sula on September 13, with firefighters battling the blaze while employees attempted to salvage inventory.

Authorities arrested two men alleged to be Pandilla 18 members during a security operation on Tegucigalpa's peripheral ring road; police say they faced charges related to drug trafficking and had been sought for months.

Police in Puerto Cortés arrested a mason who had evaded authorities for 17 years on an outstanding warrant for vehicle thefts in the Sula Valley region, issued by a San Pedro Sula court in September 2009.

Police arrested Eduin Raúl Portillo Pereira, 24, on suspicion of kidnapping and killing his girlfriend Ingrid Gabriela Cruz after her body was found in a mountainous area of Francisco Morazán; he allegedly confessed to the killing.

A newborn girl was found abandoned near the Ermita de Suyapa shrine in Tegucigalpa with a note from her mother explaining her extreme poverty and homelessness; authorities have taken the child into protective care and are seeking the mother to offer support rather than punishment.

A dump truck driver identified as Arnold Erazo died when his sand-laden vehicle overturned on the road between La Encarnación and San Jorge in Ocotepeque; authorities attributed the crash to mechanical failure.

Luis Quiroz, a security guard at Instituto Gubernamental Soberanía in San Antonio de Cortés, was attacked and killed with machetes on September 11 while students rehearsed for Honduras's Independence Day celebrations, as police launched an investigation into the motive and attackers.

David Matute Meléndez, detained as a suspect in the September 1 murder of footballer Kenny Martínez Webster in Roatán, claims he had no role in the crime and says he was working when the killing occurred.

Five years after Keyla Martínez died at a police station in La Esperanza, Intibucá, family and friends protested outside the facility demanding justice, as a retrial of the case involving one accused person is underway.

Honduran naval and air forces, coordinating with the Prosecutor's Office, seized 1,661 kilograms of cocaine packed in 55 bundles off Gracias a Dios and arrested four Hondurans in a Friday operation in the Caribbean.

Prosecutors say the drug trafficking organization linked to former footballer Óscar Bonilla received at least six metric tons of cocaine from Colombia, using fast boats to offload shipments at sea, then stashing and gradually moving the drugs through La Mosquitia and the Honduran Caribbean.

A 30-year-old man was found shot dead in Choloma with a sign bearing a message about involvement with married women; authorities are investigating the motive and whether the sign is connected to the killing.

Police arrested a 21-year-old man in Roatán on suspicion of murdering former footballer Kenny Martínez, 22, who was shot on September 1 in Punta Gorda; investigators are still searching for a second suspect.

A court completed the evidence phase on September 10 in the trial of Jarol Rolando Perdomo Sarmiento, accused of killing nursing student Keyla Patricia Martínez, who died in police custody in Intibucá in February 2021; the judge will schedule closing arguments after a final site inspection.

Joint Armed Forces Task Force Xatruch arrested a man known as "El Niño" in the Las Palmas neighborhood of Sabá, Colón, seizing over 40 aluminum packets of alleged crack cocaine and a tablet during an operation targeting local drug sales.

Sara Romero was killed in the Las Tablas community in Catacamas, Olancho, after men removed her from her home where she was with her children; authorities are investigating.

A man identified as Francisco Georch Cruz was shot by armed gunmen on a motorcycle in the Valle de Sula neighborhood of San Pedro Sula and was hospitalized in critical condition; police are searching for the attackers.

An analysis of Security Ministry data found that 349 massacres killed 1,346 Hondurans between 2018 and 2026, with northern and coastal departments—Cortés, Yoro, Atlántida, and Colón—accounting for the majority of victims, and killings stalled between 2025 and 2026 after declines in 2020 and 2024.

Jazmín Guillén was shot and killed in her home in El Progreso on September 11; she leaves behind two infant twins, and police are investigating the motive and seeking the unknown assailant.

Wilmer Reyes, 18, and Edwin Alexander Martínez, 19, were riding a motorcycle on the CA-13 highway near La Lima when an unknown attacker opened fire on them; both were taken to Hospital Mario Catarino Rivas with gunshot wounds, and police are searching for the suspect.

Court documents show the US prosecutor calculated a three-ton cocaine shipment linked to Honduran trafficker Fredy Mármol at $93.5 million (about L2.5 billion) using an average street price of $31,161.76 per kilogram during the conspiracy period.

Wilson Dubón, 22, was killed Friday night in Choloma when unknown gunmen opened fire to steal his motorcycle, which was not recovered at the scene.

Fernando Josué Fiallos Rivera, 39, a store owner in Siguatepeque, Comayagua, was killed in a shooting last night when armed attackers posing as customers opened fire inside his shop; no arrests have been reported.