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Clear filtersPolice Rescue Battery-Company Employee From Jalisco Cartel Kidnapping
A 37-year-old employee of a battery firm was rescued by Honduras's Anti-Kidnapping Unit after criminals lured him to a rural area near Santa Lucía, Francisco Morazán, and demanded 300,000 lempiras (about $12,000) for his release, marking part of a growing pattern of abductions targeting delivery and field workers.
La PrensaRead in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jul 19, 2026#kidnapping#cartel-jalisco#antisecuestrosFourth Suspect Convicted in San Pedro Sula Nurse Kidnapping
Carlos Alberto Castillo was convicted of aggravated kidnapping in the September 2024 abduction of a nurse in San Pedro Sula, in which captors demanded 30 million lempiras (about $1.2 million) in ransom; authorities rescued the victim three days later after he was held in a Choloma house.
TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)Read in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 27, 2026#kidnapping#secuestro-agravado#fesccoStudent Freed in Siguatepeque Kidnapping
Police rescued a student held for ransom in Siguatepeque after kidnappers demanded 2 million lempiras (about $80,000) for his release.
Child Pulled From House Fire in La Ceiba
Firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy with serious burns to his left foot from a fire that destroyed a home in La Ceiba's Jesenia Castillo neighborhood, where two adults and four children lived.