Anti-Extortion Police Arrest Suspected MS-13 Leader in Sula Valley
Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 28, 2026 · Originally reported July 28, 2026 by HCH
The anti-extortion and counterterrorism division arrested a man known as "El Matata," an alleged MS-13 leader in the Sula Valley, seizing a firearm and cocaine worth more than 750,000 lempiras (about $30,000) on the illicit market.
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.
Also reported by: Policía Nacional de Honduras