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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.

Gerson David Roque Dubón, alias "Broxi," a suspected Gang 18 coordinator arrested October 5 in El Pedregal, was ordered held in pretrial detention on terrorism charges; police records show prior arrests for murder and drug trafficking.

A judge ordered three suspected members of Pandilla 18 held in pretrial detention at the maximum-security prison El Pozo after police seized an AR-15 rifle, marijuana, and cell phones during a raid in San Pedro Sula; they face charges of drug trafficking, illegal weapons possession, and terrorist association.

A judge ordered four members of the National Police's Intelligence Directorate (Dipol) held pending trial for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old from Tegucigalpa on August 30 and demanding 600,000 lempiras (about $24,000) for his release.

A judge ordered three men held pending trial on charges of transporting 1,234 kg of cocaine in a hidden-compartment tanker truck seized in El Progreso, Yoro on August 27; they also face weapons charges.

Iván Velásquez, the former manager of Koriun Inversiones—a company accused of running a Ponzi-scheme fraud—was transferred from Támara prison to the Center for Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences for medical and psychiatric evaluation; the court has not disclosed who requested the assessment.

Urías Jabin Lovo Montoya, a TikTok content creator, was ordered held pending trial in Danlí on charges of aggravated mistreatment of a minor and misuse of emergency calls, with an initial hearing set for August 25.

The attorney general's office announced it will seek pretrial detention for former president Juan Orlando Hernández at an August 12 hearing, arguing he poses a risk to evidence and claiming L169 million ($6.8 million) in public funds were diverted to political campaigning.

A court rejected ex-prosecutor Francia Sofía Medina's request to be released pending sentencing in the BCH vault-theft case, though her lawyer argues she has already spent the legal maximum of 2.5 years in pretrial detention and filed an appeal.

Denis Castro Bobadilla, a former chief of forensic medicine, has challenged the forensic findings in the case against a Danlí teacher and municipal councilman accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student, saying the investigation contains gaps that should have been resolved before the case was filed.

Honduras's Constitutional Court granted an amparo (constitutional remedy) to former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo and ordered an appeals court to issue a new, properly reasoned ruling on his pretrial detention in an extortion case, finding the original decision violated due process.