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Mario Roberto Escobar, 48, died after being attacked with a machete by his brother during a family argument in the San Isidro neighborhood of Puerto Cortés; the circumstances remain under investigation.

Police in Puerto Cortés arrested a mason who had evaded authorities for 17 years on an outstanding warrant for vehicle thefts in the Sula Valley region, issued by a San Pedro Sula court in September 2009.

Josué Enríquez and Yair Vega, both 17, have been missing from Baracoa, Puerto Cortés, since Wednesday; their families are seeking public help to locate them.

Police arrested a man accused of aggravated femicide and robbery in connection with the death and disappearance of Yorleni Melissa Argueta Alas in Puerto Cortés; he will face trial.

Intelligence reports say the Coleman organization, which works for the Sinaloa cartel, controls maritime drug-smuggling routes at Puerto Cortés; one member was arrested during Operation Mare Nostrum on August 3, but leader Luis Felipe Aguilera Coleman escaped.

A court in San Pedro Sula found three people guilty of human trafficking, forced labor, aggravated assault, and illegal adoption of four children they exploited in scrap collection under threats and chains in Puerto Cortés, with potential sentences of up to 37 years each.