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A National Police inspector died in a firefight with alleged members of Gang 18 in the Rivera Hernández neighborhood of San Pedro Sula; authorities reported arresting several suspects in the operation.

Jaime Roberto Becker Menardi, a San Pedro Sula businessman, was shot and killed on Saturday evening as he left his shop near the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras boulevard; a gunman on a motorcycle fired multiple shots, and authorities are investigating the motive.

A man was shot and killed on Saturday at the Viveros bus station on the North Boulevard in San Pedro Sula; witnesses suggested he may have been a robbery suspect, though police have not confirmed the claim.

A gunfight between police in the Metropolitan Prevention Unit 8 and suspected gang members in the Cerrito Lindo neighborhood left one person dead, five arrested, and two officers wounded during an operation against criminal groups.

Residents of the Smith neighborhood in San Pedro Sula alerted police to an unusual odor from a trash pile, where authorities discovered the dismembered remains of a man estimated at 35 years old, showing signs of torture; he has been taken to the morgue unidentified.

César Edgardo Ordóñez Aguilera, 18, an alleged 18th Street gang member, was arrested at a San Pedro Sula hospital — where he was being treated after a traffic accident — in connection with the May 2025 shooting death of Maycol Josué Osorto Reyes.

Jesús Humberto Mancía, accused of participating in armed attacks on public buses in San Pedro Sula on August 30, 2003 that killed 17 people in a single day, faces trial on charges of 17 counts of murder and other crimes; the prosecution presented a protected witness who identified him among the gunmen.

Police arrested three suspects allegedly linked to the 18th Street gang following an armed confrontation in the 15 de Septiembre neighborhood of Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, where officers also seized high-caliber weapons.