Browse Honduras Daily Stories

Unknown assailants shot and killed a man in the 13 de Julio neighborhood of Tegucigalpa during heavy rain, with the victim collapsing on nearby stairs as he fled.

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.

Two men killed under violent circumstances over the weekend remain unidentified at the Public Ministry morgue, one shot in El Carrizal, the other found wrapped in a bloodied sheet in Rubén Darío.

About 15 families in Villa Nueva, a Tegucigalpa neighborhood, were evicted by gang members on September 8, with police arriving only to oversee the forced displacement; a criminologist says the incident reflects a severe deterioration in public security, with homicides through early September running nearly level with last year.

A woman identified as Winiker Elena Galeas Alvarado was killed by gunfire on the La Vega highway in Tegucigalpa on August 28; unknown assailants shot her multiple times and left flowers at the scene.

A young man was shot and killed in the Villa Nueva neighborhood of Tegucigalpa; authorities are investigating and forensic teams are processing the scene.

Juan Carlos Flores, shot by gunmen on a motorcycle on July 7 in Comayagüela, died at Hospital Escuela from his wounds; video of his final moments kneeling on the street went viral and drew national outcry.

On March 6, 2016, five armed men dressed as police officers entered a billiard hall in Tegucigalpa's Primero de Diciembre neighborhood and opened fire with AK-47s, killing 12 people and wounding three in one of Honduras's deadliest massacres.

A court found five members of Pandilla 18 guilty of murdering a girl in the Santa Teresita neighborhood, according to the Public Ministry.