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Prosecutors filed opposition to a court order that would release Óscar Ramírez Melgar, accused of killing law student María Fernanda Alemán in February 2025, arguing that pretrial detention is legally required and that his release poses a risk to witnesses and the victim's family.

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.

Iván Velásquez, manager of investment firm Koriun, remains detained at Támara prison while his lawyers argue he poses no flight risk and is in danger, and are asking a court to grant him house arrest.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for Iliana Vanessa Ilovares, a nurse accused of shooting her husband, Onix Kimberly Barahona, during a confrontation at a car wash in Tegucigalpa in September 2025; a preliminary hearing is set for September 1.

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.

A judge in San Pedro Sula ordered a teacher at Instituto José Trinidad Reyes held in pretrial detention on charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student on July 2, with a preliminary hearing set for September 7.

A José Trinidad Reyes Institute teacher in San Pedro Sula, Lenin Marel Jaco García, is scheduled for his initial court hearing on July 31 after being accused of sexual assault against a minor; he remains in pretrial detention at El Progreso prison.

Prosecutors obtained a formal charges and pretrial detention order against a suspect accused of torturing and killing three men in the Cimarrón district of Francisco Morazán on May 11; the victims' bodies were found burned after an apparent drug deal gone wrong.

A court replaced pretrial detention with less restrictive measures for former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo, accused of extortion, after the Constitutional Court found due-process violations; he must remain in Honduras, report regularly to court, and avoid contact with co-defendants.