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The body of an unidentified man was found Saturday in the Río Humuya near Campo Llano, on the border between Santa Cruz de Yojoa and Santa Rita in Yoro, with authorities investigating whether his death was criminal or an accidental drowning.

Armed Forces units seized three coca plantations spanning seven acres with 25,000 bushes and a marijuana plot with 3,500 plants in Olanchito and El Bañadero in Yoro department, part of a broader 2026 drug-eradication campaign that has already secured 54 coca farms.

Erlin Escoto and Aníbal Aguilar, charged in the September 2025 killing of Libre congressional candidate Óscar Bustillo in Yoro, will enter an abbreviated guilty-plea proceeding on September 8, with prosecutors seeking sentence reductions that would total 19.5 years in prison.

A motorcycle rider was killed in a high-impact collision with a truck on National Road 23 near Punta Ocote in Yoro municipality; firefighters found him without vital signs at the scene.

Three men were killed by gunfire in different neighborhoods of Yorito on the night of August 23, sparking fear among residents who reported hearing gunshots across the municipality.

A criminal court confirmed a three-and-a-half-year sentence against retired military officer Óscar Finlander Armijo Uclés for threats and property damage against a Tolupán family in San Francisco de Locomapa, though more than 35 related complaints filed since 2013 remain without prosecution and over ten people have been killed defending the territory.

Yoro recorded 166 homicides between January and early August 2026, with residents of Olanchito and other municipalities reporting that escalating violence and robberies have upended daily life and eroded confidence in law enforcement.

Delsy Maribel Hernández Hernández, a Class I police officer assigned to El Negrito, Yoro, died after her Toyota Corolla veered off Highway RN-23 near Vueltas de Chancaya on Friday.

Police arrested Jesús Daniel Tróchez (alias "El Diablo") and Carlos Eduardo Zaldívar (alias "El Texas") in connection with the August 10 killing of Roberto Chavarría during an armed robbery at a supermarket in Olanchito, Yoro; Tróchez has prior criminal arrests.

A prison officer died when a police vehicle transporting a detainee from La Ceiba back to Olanchito prison collided with a cargo truck near Agua Caliente in Yoro's Olanchito municipality.

An armed robbery attempt at a market in Olanchito, Yoro, on Monday left a man dead and the store owner seriously wounded after an exchange of gunfire; police are investigating.

Daniel Ramos, 15, from the hamlet of Locomapa, was identified as the boy whose body was found in Subirana, Yoro on Saturday; authorities are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Social-media videos and posts from Brayan Wilfredo Salgado Ruiz, one of six people killed in a massacre in Olanchito, Yoro, on August 4, have sparked widespread commentary as police investigate what they preliminarily suspect was a dispute between criminal organizations over illicit activities in the area.

Police arrested Jhoel Salomón Pineda García, 31, known as "El Peludo," a suspect in a kidnapping in Yoro in which the perpetrators demanded three million lempiras (about $120,000).

Four people were shot and killed in the colonia 15 de Septiembre neighborhood of Olanchito on Tuesday night when four armed gunmen on two motorcycles opened fire without warning; three of the victims were from the same family.

Security Minister Gerzon Velásquez confirmed authorities are actively hunting Esteban Gumercindo Ferrera Rodas, alias "El Diablo," the alleged leader of the Diablo cartel, saying seized videos of the group's murders document extreme brutality and noting recent operations have found hideouts in rural mountain areas.

Harold Ulloa Ramos, 17, was kidnapped by two men on motorcycles near Santa Rita, Yoro, on August 3 and found decapitated the following morning, with his head left on a roadside and his body discovered separately.

National Police arrested two suspects in Yoro who attempted to illegally transport a truck loaded with alcoholic beverages into the department without proper documentation.

Police in Yoro arrested three suspected members of Los Kiwis, a gang linked to the Devil's Cartel, seizing two firearms, cocaine, cash, and surveillance equipment from a drug-distribution hub.

A man identified as Samuel Mejía was killed by at least nine gunshot wounds in El Sauzal, Yoro on Wednesday afternoon; police and forensic authorities arrived to investigate.

A man was killed by attackers on a motorcycle at a soccer field in Olanchito, Yoro, and was taken to a local hospital where he died; authorities have not released his identity.

A reported kidnapping of a delivery worker in Olanchito turned out to be an intimidation scam in which fraudsters used his personal information to threaten him into staying put.

A teacher in Morazán, Yoro, accused of physically and verbally assaulting a 15-year-old student will defend herself outside prison while her case proceeds; a court rejected the prosecutor's request for pretrial detention after her lawyer cited her community ties and clean record.

A speeding intercity bus traveling from Victoria to Yoro collided with a pickup truck and overturned on July 5 on Route 23 near La Regina between Morazán and El Negrito, killing at least four people and injuring about a dozen; passengers reportedly asked the driver to slow down before the crash.

A bus on the Victoria–Yoro route collided with a white pickup truck in Morazán, Yoro, leaving several people injured; witnesses reported at least two deaths, but authorities have not yet confirmed fatalities.

Byron Cárcamo was killed in an armed attack on his motorcycle in the 24 de Mayo neighborhood of Olanchito on Friday afternoon; authorities are investigating the motive and identity of the attackers.

Three men were killed in El Negrito, Yoro, early on July 2; police are investigating possible links to cattle rustling complaints in the area in recent weeks.

José Enrique Amaya, 29, was arrested in Yoro after police discovered he had staged his own kidnapping using tomato paste to simulate wounds, demanding 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) from his sister in the United States.

A judge in Yoro ordered pretrial detention for two inmates accused of sexually assaulting a fellow prisoner at the Olanchito penal facility; prosecutors say they have forensic and witness evidence for a hearing scheduled for June 25.

Police in Olanchito, Yoro, arrested two laborers aged 32 and 24 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old man in his home on Saturday night and threatening him to prevent him from reporting the crime.