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A taxi driver was killed by unknown assailants on Seventh Avenue in Comayagüela on October 19; authorities are investigating but have not yet identified the victim or established a motive.

Joel Wilfredo Herrera Urbina, 47, was fatally stabbed in the chest and abdomen during a dispute with his partner at a drink stand in Villa Adela, Comayagüela, on Sunday night; the woman was arrested at the scene.

Keynner Eduardo Santos Meza, a suspect with alleged gang ties, was arrested on September 26 in connection with the March 2026 murder of Darwin Sady Aguilar Centeno, a 31-year-old member of Honduras's LGBTQ+ community, based on security-camera footage.

A suspected robber died from a gunshot wound to the face outside a central Tegucigalpa hotel after a citizen shot him in self-defense while resisting an attempted mugging.

Two separate shooting incidents in Tegucigalpa on September 16 left one person dead and two others wounded; authorities are investigating the motive and identities of the victims.

A woman, appearing to be about 35 years old and bearing stab wounds to the neck, was found dead on a street in Perpetuo Socorro, Comayagüela, on the morning of June 20; she remains unidentified pending forensic examination.

Farmers discovered the headless and limbless body of an unidentified man in a ravine near Tegucigalpa on June 11; authorities will use DNA identification since fingerprints are unavailable.

A judge in Tegucigalpa ordered two men held in pretrial detention for the murder of Juan Carlos Flores, a 24-year-old bus driver shot in Comayagüela on July 8; investigators suspect the killing stems from conflict between criminal organizations.