At least 16 dead in Honduras as gunmen open fire in two separate attacks

Gunmen opened occurrence successful 2 abstracted attacks connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) connected the Honduran coast, sidesplitting astatine slightest 16 people, including six constabulary officers, constabulary said.

The archetypal incidental took spot astatine a ranch successful the municipality of Trujillo successful bluish Honduras, wherever astatine slightest 10 workers were changeable and killed, National Police spokesperson Edgardo Barahona said. The resource-rich portion has been the tract of a decades-long agrarian conflict.

In the 2nd attack, assailants opened occurrence connected constabulary successful the municipality of Omoa successful the Cortes section adjacent the Guatemalan border, sidesplitting six officers, including a elder officer, constabulary said.

Although Barahona said astatine slightest 10 workers were killed successful Trujillo, helium said the wide toll inactive remains unclear, partially due to the fact that relatives of the victims person removed bodies of their loved ones. Investigators person been sent to the scene, helium said.