San Pedro Sula
In the last hours the conviction of Carlos Alberto Castillothe fourth implicated in the aggravated kidnapping of a nurse, an event that occurred in 2024.
According to the report of the Public MinistryCastillo voluntarily accepted his responsibility in the crime.
Previously, there was a ruling in April 2026 against Aneth Anahí Trochez. Likewise, in June 2025, Lucía Yanora Núñez Núñez and María Teresa Castillo They decided to undergo an abbreviated procedure after admitting the charges; all of them actively linked to the criminal structure of the gang 18 and sent to serve their sentences to the National Female Penitentiary for Social Adaptation (PNFAS).
The incident occurred on September 8, 2024, when one of the women deceitfully intercepted the nurse in the Great Metropolitan Terminal from San Pedro Sula, Cortés. Minutes later, the victim was forcibly put into a van and taken under threats to a home in the Concepción de Choloma neighborhood.
With the victim subdued, the criminals contacted the victim’s family to demand the amount of 30 million lempiras. Desperate, the relatives negotiated a down payment of 148,800 lempiras through a bank deposit; However, the criminals decided not to release the nurse.
Subsequently, specialized teams of prosecutors and the National Antikidnapping Unit (UNAS) of the Police Investigations Directorate (DPI) activated an immediate trace. Just three days after the kidnapping, the authorities carried out a raid in Choloma, managing to rescue the nurse safely and capture the three women.
