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Congress President Tomás Zambrano announced plans to push through legal reforms allowing gang tattoos—those linked to MS-13 and Pandilla 18—to serve as sufficient grounds for prosecution, arguing the measure targets only criminal members and would help overcome witness intimidation in high-crime areas.

Police arrested three suspected MS-13 members, including a 17-year-old, during a raid in Choloma and seized two pistols, a revolver, prohibited ammunition, and two tablets allegedly used for surveillance.

Authorities have charged 45 people—23 linked to MS-13, 19 to Barrio 18, and three to Cartel del Diablo—with membership in terrorist organizations following raids between September 21 and October 16; 25 have been formally indicted and 20 await hearings.

Military police in Naco, Cortés, arrested a 42-year-old man allegedly affiliated with MS-13 and seized 244 packets of suspected crack cocaine and powder cocaine during a patrol operation.

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.

Police arrested a man suspected of MS-13 membership in Tegucigalpa's Dependencia neighborhood and seized six packets of cocaine, 18 packets of crack, seven packets of marijuana, and 300 lempiras in cash.

Police arrested Josué Antonio García, 18, in El Progreso on suspicion of drug trafficking and seized cocaine, crack, marijuana, and cash; authorities say he is an alleged MS-13 member.

Honduras's National Police director says major leaders of MS-13, Barrio 18, and the Devil's Cartel remain at large or direct criminal operations from prison, with no top MS-13 chiefs arrested in four years despite U.S. rewards of up to $10 million for their capture.

Military police arrested Nelson Antonio Gómez Licona and Carlos David Portillo Rivera in Chamelecón, seizing cocaine, crack, marijuana, and 14,600 lempiras (about $585) in cash during separate operations.

Military Police arrested a suspected MS-13 member in the Smith neighborhood of Comayagüela on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing cocaine, crack, marijuana, and cash.

A court in Tegucigalpa has stalled for 18 months on two appeals challenging the pretrial detention of four men accused of the July 2020 disappearance of five Garífuna community leaders from Triunfo de la Cruz, with prosecutors filing a motion to force a ruling.

Police are investigating an alleged letter circulating in Tegucigalpa attributed to MS-13 that claims the gang has ceased extortion activities and urges merchants and transport workers to report anyone demanding illegal payments under its name.

Police arrested a 20-year-old suspected MS-13 member accused of distributing cocaine, marijuana, and crack in El Progreso, Yoro, seizing drugs and a cellphone.

Authorities are offering more than L410 million (about $16.4 million) in rewards for information leading to the arrest of ten Hondurans and one U.S. citizen, including two MS-13 leaders sought by the FBI for drug trafficking, murder, and kidnapping.

Police arrested a 31-year-old man accused of distributing cocaine for MS-13 in the El Progreso municipality of Yoro, seizing 16 packets of white powder and 400 lempiras during the operation.

Jesús Humberto Mancía, accused of participating in armed attacks on public buses in San Pedro Sula on August 30, 2003 that killed 17 people in a single day, faces trial on charges of 17 counts of murder and other crimes; the prosecution presented a protected witness who identified him among the gunmen.