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Gloria Marina López Pineda went to trial in San Pedro Sula on charges of killing her newborn daughter with a knife in May 2025; prosecutors presented forensic and witness evidence, while the defense offered documentary proof.

Police arrested José Mauricio Interiano Perdomo, alias Casper, identified as a leader of the El Mudo gang in San Pedro Sula; authorities link him to a mass killing in April 2021 and allege the group commits home robberies, armed assaults, and murders.

Brian Alexander Sánchez, 27, was identified as the body found bagged and bearing signs of torture in the Ticamaya sector of Cortés; authorities are investigating the killing.

A judge ordered Ricardo Esteban Salgado Solano held in pretrial detention on charges of murder, attempted murder of family members, and animal cruelty for a machete attack in Tegucigalpa on October 9 that killed Sandra Verónica Salgado.

Samuel Antonio Ulloa Pinel faces an initial hearing on October 15 in the death of Jack Isaí López Castro, whose body was found in a septic tank in a Tegucigalpa residential area after an alcohol-fueled altercation on October 8.

Mario Roberto Escobar, 48, died after being attacked with a machete by his brother during a family argument in the San Isidro neighborhood of Puerto Cortés; the circumstances remain under investigation.

Police arrested Aldair Torres Romero, 21, in Concepción del Norte, Santa Bárbara, on suspicion of coordinating drug distribution points and ordering homicides as an MS-13 member.

Concepción Alemán, 75, was killed by armed men in Las Casitas, El Paraíso, as she returned home from a church meeting; authorities have not identified suspects or a motive.

Víctor Isaías Sánchez Flores, reported missing after being intercepted by unknown individuals in the capital, was found dead in Corralitos, Francisco Morazán; his abandoned vehicle bore a bullet hole in the windshield.

Timoteo Castillo was found dead in his home in El Naranjo, Lepaterique, with multiple mutilations including decapitation, as police investigate the homicide with no suspects yet identified.

One month after former Olimpia player Kenny Martínez Webster, 22, was shot dead in Punta Gorda on September 1, his family is pressing authorities to arrest two additional suspects; one suspect, identified as a relative, is already in pretrial detention.

Three men—Carlos Chirinos, Cristian Chirinos, and José Benito Cálix—were found dead in a home in the Villa Santa neighborhood of Juticalpa, Olancho, apparently shot; authorities have begun investigating the killings.

Onasis Jafet Rodríguez Gómez, 25, was found dead Monday morning in the Miraflores neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, bound and wrapped in a black plastic bag; police are investigating.

Carlos Noé López and Javier Antonio Espinoza, a mototaxi driver, were killed by gunfire inside a home in the El 50 neighborhood of Agua Blanca, El Progreso; authorities have released no details on motive or suspects.

Kelvin Geovany Perdomo López, 30, was found shot to death Saturday morning on the banks of the Choloma River in Cortés; authorities have not yet established the circumstances or identified suspects.

The bodies of Wilder Alexis López, 20, and Rey David Vásquez Ramos, 24, both from La Entrada, were discovered in advanced decomposition near El Porvenir on September 25; they had been missing since September 19 and were last seen in Trinidad, Copán.

Juan Ángel López Fuentes, 30, and Dixion Geovany Lara Aldana, 17, were found partially buried in a field in El Naranjo, Jutiapa, Atlántida on Monday; a third man was wounded and survived, and authorities are investigating a possible family dispute as the motive.

Yulissa Mejía, 24, was shot and killed on September 18 when armed men burst into a billiards establishment in the Baracoa sector of Cortés and opened fire; police are investigating the motive and seeking suspects.

Retired physician Juan Carlos Andrade Romero, 61, was discovered dead in his home in El Porvenir, Atlántida, with multiple stab wounds; he had last contacted family on Saturday and was believed to have been dead 2–4 days.

Leonarda de Jesús Matute was shot dead in her home in San Juan Pueblo, Atlántida, months after her daughter Isis Carolina Matute, 25, was murdered in the same area in April; police are investigating whether the killings are connected.

Three unidentified women were shot and killed by unknown assailants who burst into a house in the Las Acacias neighborhood of El Porvenir, Francisco Morazán, on Sunday; police are investigating.

Two men identified as Edil Álvarez and Rossel Furtado were shot and killed Saturday night at a beach-access area in Sandy Bay, Roatán; police are investigating and residents are demanding faster action to prevent more violence.

Nelson Aguilar González, 32, who had recently been deported from the United States, was killed in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in La Ceiba; police are investigating personal disputes as a possible motive.

Allison Adriana Sánchez Montoya, 16, was fatally shot in the head at her home in La Trinidad, Comayagua, on Sunday night when her brother Danilo allegedly opened fire as she answered the door; she died at Hospital Santa Teresa despite medical efforts.

William Alexander Cáceres Castro, 27, a mototaxi driver from La Entrada, was killed on Monday in Quebrada Seca after being pursued by unknown assailants on a motorcycle; authorities are investigating the motive.

Jeremías López Hernández, 27, was pursued on a motorcycle and shot dead in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Juticalpa on August 29; police are investigating and have not yet determined a motive.

An analysis of Security Ministry data found that 349 massacres killed 1,346 Hondurans between 2018 and 2026, with northern and coastal departments—Cortés, Yoro, Atlántida, and Colón—accounting for the majority of victims, and killings stalled between 2025 and 2026 after declines in 2020 and 2024.

Jazmín Guillén was shot and killed in her home in El Progreso on September 11; she leaves behind two infant twins, and police are investigating the motive and seeking the unknown assailant.

Wilson Dubón, 22, was killed Friday night in Choloma when unknown gunmen opened fire to steal his motorcycle, which was not recovered at the scene.

Fernando Josué Fiallos Rivera, 39, a store owner in Siguatepeque, Comayagua, was killed in a shooting last night when armed attackers posing as customers opened fire inside his shop; no arrests have been reported.