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A judge held an initial hearing against Wilmer Alexander Mejía Medina on charges of extorting a protected witness, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for July 21.

Police arrested a man accused of participating in a child trafficking network; he allegedly paid L4,000 (about $160) weekly to procure girls, according to investigators.

The family of Angie Samantha Peña Melgares, missing for four and a half years, says investigations point to a transnational human-trafficking network operating in the Bay Islands and accuses authorities of delays and irregularities in the case.

Jeffrey K. Randall, commander of the US military's Joint Interagency Task Force South, arrived in Honduras to meet with President Nasry Asfura and defense officials to review cooperation on drug trafficking and transnational organized crime.

Authorities added American Antony Frank Grayson to Honduras's most-wanted list in connection with the disappearance of Angie Peña, who vanished from the Bay Islands in January 2022, offering 300,000 lempiras (about $12,000) for information leading to his arrest.

Experts say about 20% of Honduras's homicides involve attackers on motorcycles, a tactic that allows rapid execution and escape; a 2012 law banning two men per bike in certain municipalities remains poorly enforced.

The former director of Honduras's main penitentiary, Colonel Juan Carlos Osorto Castillo, is requesting a full audit of the Támara prison commissary system from its inception, citing unclear profit accounting and lack of inventory records as prior administrations changed, after an alleged eight-million-lempira shortfall was detected.

A video has emerged of the abduction of journalist Roxana Guzmán, with her mother reacting to the footage.

More than 8,000 Honduran women have been murdered since 2005, with 139 cases recorded through June 2026, and the OV-UNAH warns crimes are growing more brutal, with patterns linked to organized crime.

Honduras's National Police clarified that security cameras are not prohibited in homes and businesses, dispelling social-media rumors that arose after police dismantled cameras allegedly installed by criminal gangs in San Pedro Sula.

Honduras's one-year firearms amnesty, enacted July 2 under congressional decree, allows owners of undocumented legal weapons to register them without penalty starting July 6 at the National Police's Firearms Unit in Tegucigalpa.

Child welfare organizations reported that 197 minors died in Honduras during the first six months of 2026, with 47% from traffic accidents and 37% from homicides, and warned that violence is now spreading beyond the three historically hardest-hit departments.

A man accused of sexually abusing his young daughter was ordered held in pretrial detention, while the child's aunt is being prosecuted for failing to report the abuse.

Between January 2019 and mid-June 2026, Honduras recorded 2,904 homicides of women, averaging over 360 deaths per year, with Cortés and Francisco Morazán departments accounting for 37% of cases.

National Police Director Rigoberto Oseguera Mass has reinstated officers previously removed by a 2016–2018 purge, including Francisco Javier Leiva Gamoneda, accused in a 2016 investigation of involvement in the 2009 killing of a drug-enforcement director, and Jorge Alberto Barralaga Hernández, convicted of money laundering in 2021.

National Police arrested a man wanted for homicide who had evaded justice for more than two decades.

A specialized national tribunal convicted six people of drug trafficking, illegal weapons possession, and criminal association; sentencing is scheduled for August 7.

Police say the homicide rate fell to 11.74 per 100,000 in the first six months of 2026, with 103 municipalities reporting zero killings, though experts urge independent verification and note femicides remain high at around 135 cases.

Honduras's air-defense capabilities depend on an experimental radar developed by Defense University engineering students, covering a 100-kilometer radius, after Israeli-purchased radars installed in 2013–2014 failed to function.

A judge ordered Willian Fabricio Acuña Ramírez held in pretrial detention on charges of two counts of aggravated sexual assault against protected witnesses, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.

A judge ordered Osmán Adalid Carrasco García held in pretrial detention on suspicion of murdering Joel López, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.

Honduras's Central Bank issued a public alert about fraudulent websites, calls, and messages impersonating the institution to steal personal data and banking information, and warned against fake investment platforms falsely claiming official authorization.

INTERPOL arrested two Honduran nationals who had been deported from the United States on suspicion of attempted murder and homicide.

Police arrested the son-in-law of former congressman Rafael Alegría on a murder charge dating to 2016.

A court acquitted José Rodimiro Arita, former director of La Tolva maximum-security prison, of money laundering and criminal association charges, but found him guilty of breach of duty for failing to report 445,000 lempiras (about $17,800) that entered the facility; sentencing is scheduled for August 4.

A truck crash in Tegucigalpa, a bus collision near Comayagua, and a landslide on the Tegucigalpa ring road killed at least 18 people this month, reigniting concerns about road safety and infrastructure oversight.

Honduras's national human-rights commission documented 65 police officers murdered in 2012, averaging one death every five days, with 85% of cases remaining unsolved and most victims killed while off duty.

A judge ordered Marvin Ramón Salgado held in pretrial detention on charges of animal cruelty and violence against women and threats allegedly targeting two women, with his initial hearing set for June 29.

The 2011 killing of two university students by National Police officers in Tegucigalpa sparked Honduras's largest police purge, leading authorities to separate about 6,000 officers and hire 14,000 new recruits under reformed standards.

Eleven Honduran police officers will learn their sentences on June 29 for allegedly planting evidence on two Filipino nationals and robbing them during an illegal 2023 raid in Villanueva, Cortés.