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Three adolescents were rescued from the sea at El Edén beach in Marcovia, Choluteca, on October 11 after struggling while swimming, but 13-year-old Anyelo Sebastián Castro remains missing as rescue teams continue searching.

A young man identified as Joel from El Sauce, Comayagua, was swept away by strong currents in a river and found dead two days later in the village of La Joya, El Rosario municipality.

Isabella, a five-year-old from Nueva Arcadia in Copán, was found dead in the Chamelecón River after being reported missing; preliminary reports indicate she drowned.

José Levis Reyes Canales, 13, drowned in the Patria Marathón sports complex pool in San Pedro Sula after becoming trapped on the pool stairs; the municipal sports authority said he had entered the area without authorization during a Special Olympics program activity.

Marina Suyapa Regalado, a Honduran from Lepaera, Lempira, who was nearing the end of cancer treatment, drowned in Ohio on July 19 along with three other Hondurans; her parents are appealing for help to repatriate her body for burial at home.

Francisco, 16, was swept away by the Río Patuca current in Catacamas, Olancho, on Tuesday while attempting to cross on a burro; his body was recovered on Friday after a three-day search as heavy rains from a weather system affected the region.