Student Dies of Apparent Heart Attack During Exercise Class

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 16, 2026 · Originally reported August 14, 2026 by La Prensa

Edgar Haziel Nolasco Fiallos, a student at Instituto Técnico Federico C. Canales in Jesús de Otoro, Intibucá, collapsed during a school exercise class on August 12 and died at a hospital in Siguatepeque, with preliminary reports pointing to cardiac arrest.

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