Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
An agent of the Police Investigation Directorate (DPI) He died in a confrontation with criminals that broke out when carrying out an operation in the village of La Pimienta de Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho, northeastern Honduras.
The police officer was identified as Jariel Jocsan Zamora Altamiranowho was originally from El Paraíso and was assigned to the UMEP-15, explained Juan Sabillón, spokesperson for the DPI.
In the crossfire, a prosecutor from the Public ministry called Bayron Vallewho is assigned to the fiscal office of the city of Catacamas.
At the time of being attacked they were in an operation to recover a minor who was in a condition of abandonment.
According to the preliminary report, when the agents approached the place where they would carry out the raid, they were met with gunfire from an abandoned house by unknown people, who would be members of the Los Banegas band
Two of the criminals were also killed in the confrontation, but their names are unknown; only one of them was preliminarily identified as Gerson Sierrawho allegedly played the role of Chanel or informant.
