Initially instituted for forty-five days in two municipalities, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, the state of exception has been renewed and extended to more than half of the country's cities.

"[9] According to Leandro Osorio, the former commissioner of the National Police, the crackdown would "carry repressive actions" and would "penetrate" the gangs to capture their leaders.

[10] In more than half of the country's cities the government strengthened police resources, built several high-security prisons, authorized the deployment of security forces in the streets, and carried out arrests and searches without warrants.

[citation needed] The crackdown began on 6 December 2022 at 6:00 p.m. when 2,000 police officers entered areas controlled by the gangs in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.

[2] From June 24 to 25, thirteen people, 12 men, and 1 woman, were shot dead at a birthday party in the northern manufacturing city of Choloma.