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Daniel Antonio Meraz, accused of strangling his partner, nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López, on June 3 in San Manuel, surrendered to police in Villanueva on June 9 after days in hiding.

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.

Ángel Isaac Díaz Cerrato, 16, from Tegucigalpa, was killed by multiple gunshots in a La Paz neighborhood on June 6 while leaving his home; he worked as a car washer and had recently moved there to live with his partner.

A woman was found strangled by her partner in Cauquira, Gracias a Dios; residents pursued and beat the suspect, identified as Alexis Fuentes, after discovering the body on Sunday morning.

A Honduran court ordered Williams Izaguirre, arrested Friday in connection with the May 21 killing of 20 workers at an African palm plantation in Colón, held in pretrial detention alongside alleged mastermind Carlos Mencías, alias 'El Gato Negro,' in a case linked to fruit theft and a decades-old land dispute.

A judge has ordered the return of 81 vehicles and four properties to former Police Subcommissioner Jorge Barralaga, who was acquitted of money-laundering charges after spending five and a half years in custody; his defense contests the sale of 23 seized vehicles at below-market prices.

Authorities arrested ex-congressman Víctor Hugo Romero Chinchilla and three others on suspicion of intellectual authorship in a murder and attempted murder in Copán; prosecutors say scientific evidence links him to the crimes and that one may be related to his son's kidnapping.

Police arrested Williams Noé Reyes Izaguirre in Colón as a second suspect in the May 21 massacre of 20 people at an African palm plantation in Rigores, Trujillo; Alexis Molina Mencía, arrested earlier, is believed to have ordered the killings.

Prosecutors arrested 11 current and former Central Bank of Honduras employees, including two active managers, on suspicion of 100 counts of embezzlement tied to the systematic theft of public funds over several years.

Forensic authorities exhumed the remains of two children and an adult in Rigores as part of the investigation into a mass killing that shocked the community.

Authorities arrested Carlos Alexis Molina Mencía, alias "Gato Negro," near La Ceiba in connection with the May 21 massacre in Rigores, Colón, and believe six to seven people were involved in the killing of 20 victims.

A new National Agency Against Crime, established by Decree 84-2026 and attached to the National Defense and Security Council, will coordinate police, military, and intelligence bodies—a structure experts say closely mirrors the dissolved Fusina, which was shuttered in 2022 amid corruption and abuse.

A 20-year-old private-school math and science teacher was arrested in La Ceiba after his suspected repeated sexual abuse of an 11-year-old student came to light when the girl's mother discovered incriminating messages on her daughter's phone.

At least 187 former members of the disbanded Dipampco anti-gang unit have been referred to Human Resources and may face dismissal if an internal investigation finds they committed crimes, authorities say.