Browse Honduras Daily Stories

Luis Baca Martínez, a 21-year-old National Police officer assigned to Puerto Cortés, was killed by gunfire on August 17 while off-duty in Hato Nuevo, Choluteca, after he agreed to give a ride to a man whose vehicle was being repaired; investigators say he was also robbed of his motorcycle.

Suany Aguilera, 35, was killed in a drive-by shooting on August 13 as she and her sister drove toward Santa Lucía on a road through El Sitio; her sister was wounded but survived.

Marvin Omar Fernández, about 45, was killed after an unidentified assailant entered his law office in downtown San Pedro Sula and shot him multiple times; police have opened an investigation, with no motive yet established.

Rafael Antonio Herrera, 46, a former municipal councilman and businessman in Goascorán (Valle department), was shot and killed after a dispute over a dog that had bitten his son; his son was also wounded, and a suspect has been arrested.

A police officer shot his neighbor, a woman, in the aldea La Ceiba in Sabanagrande, injuring her daughter, then died by suicide at the scene; authorities are investigating the motive as femicide deaths in Honduras exceed 150 so far in 2026.

Police arrested José Efraín Armijo after an 11-year-old boy in Balfate, Colón, was killed with a machete on Sunday; the suspect confessed and has a prior record of violence, authorities say.

Child welfare organizations reported that 197 minors died in Honduras during the first six months of 2026, with 47% from traffic accidents and 37% from homicides, and warned that violence is now spreading beyond the three historically hardest-hit departments.

At least three women were killed in recent days in Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and Olanchito; the Violence Observatory at the National Autonomous University of Honduras reports that over 130 women have been murdered so far this year, with impunity cited as a major barrier to justice in femicide cases.

Dayana Sánchez, 23, was stabbed during an argument with a neighbor in the Pineda Milla neighborhood of La Ceiba and died after arriving at Hospital General Atlántida; police are investigating.