Security Minister Warns of Human Trafficking Networks Nationwide

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 25, 2026 · Originally reported August 24, 2026 by Once Noticias

Security Minister Gerson Velásquez said human trafficking is happening across Honduras, with recent investigations showing that relatives—including parents—have been implicated in selling or exploiting children in cases documented in Choluteca and Olancho departments.

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.

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