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A judge ordered Yuri Gabriela Castañeda Melgar held pending trial on charges of ordering the murder of a pregnant woman, Yeni Elizabeth Rivera, in Colón over an alleged romantic dispute.

A teenage girl was sentenced to six years in prison for her role in the April 2026 killing of content creator Katerin Mejía, who was lured under false pretenses to Trujillo and later found dead in Tocoa; two other adults remain in pretrial detention in the case.

Yessenia Alfaro, 37, from Gualaco in Olancho, was murdered in Sabá, Colón, after recently returning from the United States; a 27-year-old Salvadoran suspect has been arrested.

Edwin Ramos and his son Wilder were fatally attacked during a birthday celebration in Sabá, Colón, on September 13; police are investigating the motive and searching for the suspect.

Police arrested José Efraín Armijo after an 11-year-old boy in Balfate, Colón, was killed with a machete on Sunday; the suspect confessed and has a prior record of violence, authorities say.

An 11-year-old boy, José Ramón Gutiérrez Maldonado, was fatally stabbed while resting in a hammock in Balfate, Colón; police arrested a man known in the community as "Piolín" who is believed to have a mental illness.

Police arrested seven suspects linked to a mass killing in Rigores, Colón, in raids across three locations targeting the Los Canechos gang; one person died during a confrontation with officers in Esparta, Atlántida.

Julio Gómez was arrested in Sonaguera after allegedly beating his live-in partner, Suyapa Zamora, to death with a wooden club in the Arenas community on June 17, citing jealousy over her alleged interest in his cousin.

Police arrested a woman in Trujillo on a court warrant for murder, illegal weapons possession, and unlawful detention.

Police discovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man in Bonito Oriental, Colón, and began investigation while forensic authorities prepared to collect the remains.