MS-13 “Traka” held in San Manuel with 51 bags of marijuana
Officers of Honduras's anti-gang police directorate detained a suspected MS-13 “traka” in barrio Cosmul, San Manuel, Cortés, on 2 November 2025 and seized 51 bags of dried plant material believed to be marijuana. The same search produced 77 bags of suspected cocaine, cash and a phone, and the man was sent to the prosecutor on suspicion of drug trafficking.
🇭🇳 barrio Cosmul, San Manuel, Cortés · Honduras
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Agency
Dirección Policial Anti Maras y Pandillas Contra el Crimen Organizado (DIPAMPCO)
Officers of the Anti-Gang and Organised Crime Police Directorate (Dipampco)
detained one man in barrio Cosmul, San Manuel, Cortés, on 2 November 2025.[1]
Police identified him only by the aliases “Danger” and “Peligro” and said he had
been an active Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) member for about a year, holding the
rank of “traka”, a street-level seller and distributor of drugs.[1]Officers
seized 51 small plastic bags of dried plant material suspected to be marijuana.[1]The same search turned up 77 bags of white powder suspected to be cocaine,
cash and a mobile phone, none of which are counted as cannabis in this report.[1]
Police said the man is suspected of drug trafficking to the detriment of public
health and sent him to the competent prosecutor’s office.[1]The National
Police announced the arrest on its Facebook page under the headline “Traka of
the MS-13 falls in Cortés”, saying suspected cocaine and marijuana ready for
distribution and sale were seized.[2]The same post said the seizure was
suspected cocaine and marijuana ready for distribution and sale.[2]
Photos and video
Handout photo published with the police statement on the San Manuel arrest. Photo: Policía Nacional de HondurasPhoto details
No weight or value was published for the marijuana, only a count of 51 small bags, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The 77 bags of suspected cocaine and the cash are part of the same search but are not cannabis and are not counted in the figures; no amount of cash was stated.
The detainee was identified only by the aliases “Danger” and “Peligro”; no name, age or home town was given.
Only the day of the police statement, 2 November 2025, is given; the statement says the arrest happened “in the last few hours”, so it may have taken place the previous day.
No charge, custody ruling or court outcome was reported; the man was sent to the competent prosecutor's office.
The Facebook post's full story text is behind a login, so the agency article was used for the details of the seizure.
The police page image could not be opened and its caption does not say what it shows, so the photo is listed as a handout from the police statement without a description of its contents.
Left out charges, as its quotation was not found in Policía Nacional de Honduras.
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