Salvadoran Gang Member Arrested at Honduras Border

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 6, 2026 · Originally reported August 3, 2026 by HCH

The Honduran military arrested Henry Zalaya Umanzor, 45, a Salvadoran citizen suspected of entering the country illegally and of ties to a criminal gang, at the El Amatillo crossing in Valle; authorities say he has a record in El Salvador for document forgery and aggravated robbery.

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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