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22 Jun 2022

Author:
DW,
Author:
BBC

Honduras: Former DESA president Roberto David Castillo jailed for 22 years over murder of environmental defender Berta Cáceres

"Berta Cáceres: Ex-dam boss jailed for planning Honduran activist's murder", 21 June 2022

...A court in Honduras has sentenced a former energy executive to more than 22 years in jail over the murder of an environmental activist in 2016.

Berta Cáceres led protests against the Agua Zarca hydro-electric dam project before being shot dead in her home.

The court ruled that Roberto David Castillo, whose company had been awarded the contract, had planned the murder and hired the gunmen.

Seven others have been convicted for their role in the killing.

Castillo is the former president of Honduran power company, Desa, and was once an army intelligence officer.

The court found he used his military contacts and paid informants to coordinate and plan the murder...

The dam would have flooded large areas of land and cut off the supply of water, food and medicine for hundreds of the indigenous Lenca people...

As well as filing official complaints, Cáceres organised a road block that prevented construction workers from reaching the site...

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Honduras: Five years after the murder of Berta Cáceres, indigenous and environmental defender, David Castillo, former executive of DESA, is found guilty of being a co-conspirator to the crime

Honduras: Complicity criminal complaint and investigations on responsibility of Dutch bank FMO in the Agua Zarca project arise after judgment of DESA's former President