Honduras Passes All of Last Year's Toll as 535 Children and Young People Die Violently in 10 Months
A Honduran children's-rights network says the count from January through October already tops the 519 recorded in all of 2025, and warns that fear of violence is pushing young people to migrate.
See where this is ›TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras —
At least 535 children, adolescents and young people died violently in Honduras between January and October of this year, according to figures from a national children's-rights network reported Sunday, Nov. 8, by the Honduran newspaper El Heraldo.
The network, known as Coiproden (the Coordination of Private Institutions for Girls, Boys, Adolescents, Young People and Their Rights), counted 519 such deaths in all of 2025. That means the 2026 toll had already passed last year's total by 16 with two months of the year still to go.
Violent deaths of children, adolescents and young people in Honduras
Source: Coiproden figures as reported by El Heraldo, Nov. 8, 2026
See where this is ›El Heraldo reported that the 2026 figure is 19% higher than the same period last year. The departments of Francisco Morazán, which includes the capital, Tegucigalpa, along with Cortés and Olancho are among those with the most cases, the newspaper said.
Coiproden warned that insecurity is tied to the irregular migration of minors. Some young people leave their communities, or Honduras altogether, out of fear of attacks, violence or direct threats, the group said. The routes they take expose them to still more danger.
The consequences also reach the survivors, El Heraldo reported, many of whom now see staying in their neighborhoods or in the country as dangerous.
What we don't know yet: El Heraldo said the figures do not show how many deaths happened in each department or describe the circumstances of the deaths, and the newspaper did not give last year's January-October number behind the 19% comparison. Watchman News has not independently confirmed the count.
