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Federal court documents show the Valle Valle organization employed couriers to smuggle cocaine through US airports between 2005 and 2014, with proceeds funneled back to Honduras.

Honduras police confiscated over 1.5 metric tons of cocaine hidden in mangroves between Choluteca and Valle departments in two operations within 48 hours, with authorities saying they may find more as searches continue.

Security screening detected four packets of cocaine on two women attempting to enter the Ilama penitentiary in Santa Bárbara during a visiting day; both were arrested and referred to police investigation for aggravated drug trafficking.

National Police arrested a man in Tegucigalpa and seized 70 packets of cocaine, 20 packets of marijuana, and 80 bags of crack cocaine.

Erlis Antonio León Castellanos, a Honduran convicted by US courts, ran a strategic storage farm near the Honduras-Guatemala border where the Valle Valle cartel cached cocaine shipments—ranging from 15–20 kg to hundreds of kilos—before routing them through Guatemala and Mexico to the United States.

National Police arrested two men in Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho, on suspicion of trafficking cocaine after finding 10 and 5 small bags of white powder in their possession during a raid.

Detectives in southern Honduras seized a vehicle without license plates in Choluteca and arrested three people carrying approximately 3 kilos of cocaine in a joint operation with police and a task force.

National Police antidrug teams seized 154 packages of alleged cocaine hidden beneath the seats of a pickup truck during a checkpoint operation in Namasigüe, Choluteca.

Anti-narcotics police arrested a person in Catacamas found with 32 packets of suspected cocaine, an additional ounce, drug-preparation equipment, and cash during operations against small-scale drug networks.

Prosecutors are investigating who abandoned a vehicle containing suspected cocaine and marijuana in Villanueva, Cortés.

Special Cocaine Task Force (FESCCO) agents arrested four people carrying 135 packages of suspected cocaine in Lempira Department and secured judicial detention orders against them.

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

Police in Cucuyagua, Copán detained two suspects and seized suspected cocaine, cash, and mobile phones during an anti-drug operation.

Criminal Investigation agents arrested a man in Olancho and confiscated 73 packets of suspected cocaine, a rifle, a cellphone, and 800 lempiras (about $32) in cash.