JUTICALPA, OLANCHO, HONDURAS – NOVEMBER 9, 2026 Dismembered remains of 24-year-old Carlos Alfonso Barahona Colindres were found in the Guayape River near the village of San Pedro de las Joyaso. The young agricultural worker was last seen the previous evening, when investigators believe he was in the company of several other men.
The search began after his family reported him missing. Firefighters, together with local residents, began searching the river. They gradually recovered the victim’s head, arms, and legs, which were scattered across different sections of the waterway. His torso had still not been found at the time the reports were published.
According to preliminary police findings, Carlos Alfonso Barahona Colindres and another man named José Ángel Inestroza spent the evening of November 8 at a house in the area together with Gerson Daniel Ruiz Guerrero (54) and Alan Daniel Guerrero (33). After drinking alcohol together, an argument reportedly broke out at around 1:00 a.m. over personal disputes. Investigators suspect that the two men attacked Carlos with knives and machetes, subsequently killed him, and dismembered his body. They allegedly transported his remains to the river using a wheelbarrow.
Police subsequently arrested Gerson Daniel Ruiz Guerrero and Alan Daniel Guerrero, who are also suspected of murdering the second man. The body of José Ángel Inestroza was found in the same river on November 10. Unlike the first victim, his body had not been dismembered. Some local sources identify him by his full name as José Ángel Mercado Inestroza and give his age as 34.
The first victim’s uncle, Marco Hernán Barahona, later described the extraordinary brutality of the crime to the media. According to his account, the perpetrators allegedly treated his nephew’s head like a soccer ball. However, this is a relative’s testimony and not an independently confirmed finding by investigators.
