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Police arrested four members of the criminal gang known as Los Sagastume on June 25, accused of kidnapping businessman Héctor Eduardo Lisser Pinto in April 2025; the victim was rescued after 36 hours in captivity.

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.

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.

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.