Its more than just a rumor or some people saying its unsafe. The US Dept of State has a travel advisory out Reconsider travel to Honduras due to crime and kidnapping.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/honduras-travel-advisory.html
I want to take my family of 8 including 4 children on a private tour, but is it really worth the risk because some people that just were there said sure its safe?