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The Military Police discovered an approximately two-acre illegal coca cultivation with 11,000 plants in a mountainous area of La Másica, Atlántida, during long-range patrols targeting drug trafficking and organized crime.

Juan Ángel López Fuentes, 30, and Dixion Geovany Lara Aldana, 17, were found partially buried in a field in El Naranjo, Jutiapa, Atlántida on Monday; a third man was wounded and survived, and authorities are investigating a possible family dispute as the motive.

Retired physician Juan Carlos Andrade Romero, 61, was discovered dead in his home in El Porvenir, Atlántida, with multiple stab wounds; he had last contacted family on Saturday and was believed to have been dead 2–4 days.

Leonarda de Jesús Matute was shot dead in her home in San Juan Pueblo, Atlántida, months after her daughter Isis Carolina Matute, 25, was murdered in the same area in April; police are investigating whether the killings are connected.

Rosy Martínez, a young Garífuna woman from San Juan who had been reported missing, was found dead on Tornabé beach in Tela, Atlántida on Saturday; authorities await a forensic report to determine the cause of death.

Honduras's civil protection agency and international partners will conduct a large-scale tsunami simulation on October 13 in Atlántida coastal communities to strengthen emergency coordination and community awareness.

Two people were killed Saturday afternoon when unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle in El Pino, Atlántida, sparking alarm in the community.

A court in Tegucigalpa has stalled for 18 months on two appeals challenging the pretrial detention of four men accused of the July 2020 disappearance of five Garífuna community leaders from Triunfo de la Cruz, with prosecutors filing a motion to force a ruling.

Joseph David Vuelto, a 16-year-old fisherman, remains missing in the Caribbean Sea after vanishing during a fishing trip from Corozal toward Cayos Cochinos; family members, local fishermen, and volunteers continue searching the coast despite the official maritime rescue period having ended.

Joseph David Vuelto, 16, disappeared Friday after his fishing boat capsized near Cayos Cochinos in the Caribbean; his companion was rescued, but search efforts have found only his fishing gear.

A lawyer was shot and killed inside his vehicle in Esparta, Atlántida department.

Police arrested José Antonio Matute Meza on July 16 in Jutiapa, Atlántida, on suspicion of drug trafficking; he is accused of being a member of the Los Olanchanos gang.

Armed men, including a foreign national whose identity remains unconfirmed, arrived in four unlicensed vehicles at Tornabé on July 12; police seized ammunition but made no arrests, prompting community accusations of unequal enforcement.

A group of swimmers were rescued from the sea after their tour boat sank off the coast of Tela on July 12.

Security authorities arrested four suspects and seized three AR-15 rifles, two shotguns, and other weapons in Mezapita, Arizona, that officials say may have been used in the Rigores massacre in Colón; one suspect was killed in the operation.

A shootout at a resort in El Pino, El Porvenir, Atlántida left two people dead—one identified as Isidro López Ruiz—and another seriously wounded; police cordoned off the scene and are investigating.

Authorities in Tela are investigating the death of an unidentified woman found on a beach in the Garífuna community of San Juan on Sunday morning with a gunshot wound; a man admitted to the hospital with a bullet injury the same night is also under investigation.

Yaritza Murillo, 20, and Katerin Oliva, 19, were shot dead and three men were wounded in an armed attack at a home in El Porvenir, Atlántida; the motive remains unclear and no arrests have been reported.

Honduran police detained one individual found in possession of suspected crack cocaine and powder cocaine in the Mezapa area of Tela, Atlántida.