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Hundreds of families in San Pedro Sula neighborhoods live alongside severely polluted rivers and streams choked with sewage and garbage, exposing residents to health hazards and environmental risks.

Civil-society organizations and lawmakers in Cortés are challenging the Forestry Conservation Institute's plan to redefine the boundaries of the El Merendón protected forest reserve, arguing it would benefit private real-estate projects while the reserve supplies 80% of San Pedro Sula's water and is vital to regional biodiversity.

Police rescued an endangered howler monkey abandoned in a backpack by two suspects who fled during a patrol in San Pedro Sula; the animal was transferred to the National Forestry Institute for care.

The Public Ministry's environmental crimes unit is investigating the construction of a house and viewing platforms in Las Peñitas village within the El Merendón protected reserve near San Pedro Sula.

A sentencing court in San Pedro Sula acquitted Jorge Rigoberto Vásquez Corea of aggravated illegal natural-resource extraction, citing insufficient evidence to overcome the presumption of innocence.

Biology students at UNAH's Cortés campus are fundraising to pay for specialized veterinary care for César, a boa constrictor rescued after being found with severe injuries including a machete wound near its head.

Honduras's Special Environmental Prosecutor has filed charges against two defendants for illegal exploitation of natural resources and unauthorized development in Villanueva and La Pita village within the Merendón Reserve near San Pedro Sula.

A decree transferring authority over the El Merendón mountain range to the national forestry agency ICF has alarmed the local conservation group Guardianes del Merendón, which warns of deforestation and threats to San Pedro Sula's water supply.

Honduras's Forest Conservation Institute (ICF) confirmed that the El Merendón protected reserve near San Pedro Sula will remain under municipal management following public opposition to a proposal that would have changed its legal status.