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A security guard in San Pedro Sula was ordered held in pretrial detention after a judge found sufficient evidence that he contacted a 12-year-old girl via WhatsApp and sexually abused her; preliminary hearings are set for November 4.

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.

Joel Alexander Orellana Ramos, 21, from La Lima, Cortés, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Texas in 2024 and received an 8-year prison sentence; he will be required to register as a sex offender for life and faces deportation upon release.

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.

A 31-year-old man was arrested in San Pedro Sula after a woman reported that her ex-partner, allegedly intoxicated, attempted to sexually assault her granddaughter at their home.