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A court in San Pedro Sula unanimously acquitted Isaac Sandoval of violence against a woman and injury charges brought by his ex-partner, Colombian model Daniela Aldana, finding insufficient evidence to prove the allegations.

National Police arrested a man suspected of belonging to the Barrio 18 gang on a drug possession charge in the La Rivera Hernández neighborhood.

A 14-year-old and a 20-year-old remain in critical condition at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital after a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck near the Technological University of Honduras; one is in intensive care and the other on mechanical ventilation following emergency brain surgery.

Former Libre party congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla pleaded not guilty at an initial court hearing to charges of murder, attempted murder, and criminal association, asserting his innocence and rejecting claims the case stems from personal vengeance or political motivation.

The father of Daniel Meraz, accused of killing nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez, said he coordinated his son's surrender with police to ensure justice and revealed the suspect had been using marijuana.

Residents of the Smith neighborhood in San Pedro Sula alerted police to an unusual odor from a trash pile, where authorities discovered the dismembered remains of a man estimated at 35 years old, showing signs of torture; he has been taken to the morgue unidentified.

A national criminal court in San Pedro Sula ordered four suspects—William Exón Romero Mejía, Dayana Daribel Maradiaga Mejía, Junior Noel Nufio Rodríguez, and Mario Joel Larios Chavarría—held in pretrial detention on charges of aggravated drug trafficking after allegedly transporting 241 packages of dried cannabis.

César Edgardo Ordóñez Aguilera, 18, an alleged 18th Street gang member, was arrested at a San Pedro Sula hospital — where he was being treated after a traffic accident — in connection with the May 2025 shooting death of Maycol Josué Osorto Reyes.

Jesús Humberto Mancía, accused of participating in armed attacks on public buses in San Pedro Sula on August 30, 2003 that killed 17 people in a single day, faces trial on charges of 17 counts of murder and other crimes; the prosecution presented a protected witness who identified him among the gunmen.

A man died after receiving an electrical shock while attempting to connect a pump at a car wash in San Pedro Sula; police and forensic officials responded to the scene.

The Public Ministry arrested a suspect in San Pedro Sula linked to a criminal network that cloned WhatsApp accounts to commit digital fraud, impersonating users to deceive relatives and friends into unauthorized bank transfers.

Sairy Portillo Betancour, 51, a Honduran who had recently returned from the United States, died from third-degree burns covering 99 percent of his body after his motorcycle collided with a bus and caught fire in San Pedro Sula's Barandillas neighborhood on Thursday; the intersection lacked a visible traffic sign.

Police arrested three suspects allegedly linked to the 18th Street gang following an armed confrontation in the 15 de Septiembre neighborhood of Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, where officers also seized high-caliber weapons.

Police clashed with gang members in San Pedro Sula's Chamelecón sector on June 5, injuring two civilians and resulting in arrests and seizures as authorities continue saturated operations in the high-crime area.

A motorcycle collided with a public bus in the Barandillas neighborhood of San Pedro Sula on Thursday, igniting both vehicles; the motorcycle driver suffered severe burns but was rescued by bystanders and the bus driver before firefighters arrived.

Several current and former Central Bank of Honduras employees, arrested across three departments, are facing charges of negligent mismanagement that allegedly allowed millions in state funds to be illegally diverted, as prosecutors filed 100 counts of imprudent misappropriation against them.

Police say armed groups in the Los Rigores area of Trujillo have been firing heavy-caliber weapons to intimidate and provoke the security forces deployed there after a massacre of 20 farmers on May 21, and authorities say suspects have been identified.

More than 120 National Police officers took part in a saturation operation in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, aimed at curbing crime and strengthening security in the area.

Cousins Javier Enrique Alvarado Dilbert, 29, and Leo Isell Dilbert Grijalba, 18, were shot while riding a motorcycle on a San Pedro Sula boulevard early Thursday; one died at the scene and the other was hospitalized in serious condition while police investigate the motive.

Josué David Calderón disappeared while swimming with friends in the Chamelecón River on May 26 and was found dead hours later, the latest in a pattern of annual drowning fatalities involving minors at Honduras's rivers and beaches.