An Honduran court condemned the former head of a hydroelectric company of ordering the murder of environmental activist Berta Cáceres. The high court in Tegucigalpa found Roberto David Castillo, a US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer, guilty of being co-collaborator ordering the Goldman environmental prize winner's assassination. Cáceres was killed in 2016, after years of threats linked to her opposition of the Agua Zarca dam owned by the company headed by Castillo.
Cáceres assassination conviction (July 6, 2021)
Cáceres assassination conviction (July 6…
Cáceres assassination conviction (July 6, 2021)
An Honduran court condemned the former head of a hydroelectric company of ordering the murder of environmental activist Berta Cáceres. The high court in Tegucigalpa found Roberto David Castillo, a US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer, guilty of being co-collaborator ordering the Goldman environmental prize winner's assassination. Cáceres was killed in 2016, after years of threats linked to her opposition of the Agua Zarca dam owned by the company headed by Castillo.