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The director of a Yoro school defended a teacher accused of verbally and physically assaulting a 15-year-old student, calling her excellent and pledging to seek dialogue among students, parents, and staff to resolve the incident.

Three men were killed in El Negrito, Yoro, early on July 2; police are investigating possible links to cattle rustling complaints in the area in recent weeks.

José Enrique Amaya, 29, was arrested in Yoro after police discovered he had staged his own kidnapping using tomato paste to simulate wounds, demanding 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) from his sister in the United States.

The national electricity company will cut power on June 26 for scheduled maintenance work affecting multiple circuits in Yoro, Choloma, and Puerto Cortés between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Police in Olanchito, Yoro, arrested two laborers aged 32 and 24 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old man in his home on Saturday night and threatening him to prevent him from reporting the crime.

A 22-year-old man in Yoro climbed onto a bridge over the Machigua River on Friday morning; firefighters talked him to safety and turned him over to his mother after psychological support.

Firefighters in Yoro used a wooden board to free a 7-year-old boy who became trapped between the cargo box and cab of a pickup truck in El Pantano neighborhood; the cause of the incident and any injuries remain unclear.