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Videos from the funeral of a drug lord killed by the Army alongside his wife showed armed attendees firing weapons; the president posted on social media identifying those in the footage as criminals seeking to intimidate the public.

Marcos Tulio Mejía Urrutia, 28, was arrested in Atima on a judicial warrant issued September 3 for the murder of Yester Melgar Vega.

Iván Velásquez, manager of investment firm Koriun, remains detained at Támara prison while his lawyers argue he poses no flight risk and is in danger, and are asking a court to grant him house arrest.

In a video recorded before his murder, Dereck McNeil, a key witness in the four-year-old disappearance of Angie Peña, identified five Atic criminal investigators and alleged they attempted to manipulate the investigation.

A suspect linked to criminal gangs that threatened residents of Villa Nueva was arrested following the displacement of multiple families from the neighborhood.

Isabella, a five-year-old from Nueva Arcadia in Copán, was found dead in the Chamelecón River after being reported missing; preliminary reports indicate she drowned.

Security Minister Gerzon Onán Velásquez and National Police Director Rigoberto Oseguera Mass announced increased patrols, community prevention programs, and improved street lighting in La Entrada, Copán, to combat extortion and drug trafficking.

Five women were murdered in separate incidents across Honduras, including a triple killing in El Porvenir, Francisco Morazán, bringing the year's total of violent female deaths to 186 according to official security data.

Three unidentified women were shot and killed by unknown assailants who burst into a house in the Las Acacias neighborhood of El Porvenir, Francisco Morazán, on Sunday; police are investigating.

Two men identified as Edil Álvarez and Rossel Furtado were shot and killed Saturday night at a beach-access area in Sandy Bay, Roatán; police are investigating and residents are demanding faster action to prevent more violence.

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.

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.

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.

Nelson Aguilar González, 32, who had recently been deported from the United States, was killed in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in La Ceiba; police are investigating personal disputes as a possible motive.

Police arrested two youths, including 23-year-old Omar Alejandro Luna Díaz, during a raid in Choloma and seized cocaine and crack allegedly packaged for street sales.

Isaac Sandoval, a TikTok personality, was arrested to serve an 18-month prison sentence on a domestic-violence charge related to his ex-partner Daniela Aldana, after being acquitted in a separate case.

Allison Adriana Sánchez Montoya, 16, was fatally shot in the head at her home in La Trinidad, Comayagua, on Sunday night when her brother Danilo allegedly opened fire as she answered the door; she died at Hospital Santa Teresa despite medical efforts.

Firefighters battled a major blaze at a tire shop in Comayagüela's Zonal Belén sector on September 1, producing a towering plume of black smoke visible across Tegucigalpa as crews worked to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby businesses.

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.

William Alexander Cáceres Castro, 27, a mototaxi driver from La Entrada, was killed on Monday in Quebrada Seca after being pursued by unknown assailants on a motorcycle; authorities are investigating the motive.

Jeremías López Hernández, 27, was pursued on a motorcycle and shot dead in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Juticalpa on August 29; police are investigating and have not yet determined a motive.

A lawyer in San Pedro Sula accused of revealing the identity of a protected witness was released on condition of biweekly check-ins with authorities, pending trial on charges of obstructing justice.

Officers from the anti-extortion unit arrested Carlos Daniel Bonilla Martínez, 26, the suspected leader of Los Cabezones, and a 16-year-old during a raid in San Pedro Sula; the gang is accused of extorting roughly 1 million lempiras monthly from merchants and residents in Yoro.

A security guard in San Pedro Sula was ordered held in pretrial detention after a judge found sufficient evidence that he contacted a 12-year-old girl via WhatsApp and sexually abused her; preliminary hearings are set for November 4.

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.

Military Police arrested a suspected MS-13 member in the Smith neighborhood of Comayagüela on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing cocaine, crack, marijuana, and cash.

Two men, identified as Kevin Ruiz Sánchez and Kelser Orlando Castillo, were shot and killed Sunday afternoon inside a home in La Ceiba's Bonitillo sector; one was the homeowner's son, and authorities are investigating the motive.

An explosion in the engine room of the Miss Georgina, a fishing vessel operating in the Cajones banks off Gracias a Dios on August 23, killed the captain and left one crew member missing; four others were rescued.

Gerson Aparicio, 25, was killed when he fell beneath a tractor during road-paving work on the highway between Tegucigalpa and Lepaterique in Francisco Morazán.

Police arrested Jeremías Ávila Dilbert, 30, in La Ceiba in connection with the August 17 shooting death of lawyer Dereck McNeil in Roatán; authorities say the investigation continues to identify other suspects.