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A court in Santa Bárbara convicted Julio César Dávila Velásquez, legal representative of a construction company, of aggravated damage to national cultural heritage after a 900-meter dirt road destroyed structures at the archaeological site El Coyote in Petoa; he also faces special disqualification and civil restitution.

Five marble sculptures by Honduran artists, created during a national symposium and carved from local stone, now grace public spaces in Pinalejo as a permanent cultural attraction and tourism asset.

Heavy rains in western Honduras caused the partial roof collapse of the Santiago de Posta Church in Santa Bárbara, a 17th-century structure built in 1600 that residents say has suffered years of neglect and lack of maintenance by heritage authorities.