San Pedro Sula Man Faked Own Kidnapping to Extort Wife
Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 30, 2026 · Originally reported July 27, 2026 by Once Noticias
A 36-year-old security supervisor in San Pedro Sula was found unharmed after police determined he had staged his own abduction and sent WhatsApp messages demanding one million lempiras (about $40,000) from his wife; he was taken to a police station and will be referred to prosecutors for simulating a nonexistent offense.
An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.
Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Policía Nacional de Honduras, Radio América Honduras