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Honduras has recorded eight cases of people staging their own kidnappings in 2026, concentrated in San Pedro Sula, according to police; authorities and human rights groups attribute the crimes to economic hardship and emotional distress, with some perpetrators seeking ransom money to fund migration or escape family troubles.

A woman identified as Saida was discovered dead on June 27 in the municipal cemetery of El Progreso, Yoro; authorities are investigating the circumstances, and an autopsy will determine the cause of death.

Carlos Humberto Vivas, 49, and Juan Pablo Vivas, 44, were arrested in Las Vegas, Santa Bárbara, on suspicion of killing their brother José Luis in April 2018 by striking him with an axe and strangling him with a rope, then dismembering and dumping his body in a septic tank.

Police arrested a 46-year-old man in Juticalpa, Olancho, and seized six packets of suspected marijuana from his home during a search warrant operation.

Police removed 18 illegally installed security cameras in San Pedro Sula neighborhoods that gangs used to monitor police operations and coordinate criminal activity.

Police arrested a man in Erandique on suspicion of murder after he evaded capture for seven years, according to a DPI spokesperson.

Daniel Antonio Meraz, accused of strangling his partner, nurse Elvia Mercedes Gómez López, on June 3 in San Manuel, surrendered to police in Villanueva on June 9 after days in hiding.

DPI officers caught a suspect in the act of seriously wounding a victim with a scalpel-type blade in the capital, seizing the weapon at the scene.

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.