Nurse Found Dead in Honduras; 112 Women Killed Violently This Year

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 5, 2026 · Originally reported June 4, 2026 by HCH

Elvia Mercedes Gómez, a nurse found dead in her home in San Manuel, Cortés, is being investigated as a possible femicide, with her partner the main suspect; her death brings the toll of women killed violently in Honduras to at least 112 in 2026.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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