/Honduran court sentences former hydropower plant executive for death of famous environmentalist – 07/05/2021 – World
Honduran court sentences former hydropower plant executive for death of famous environmentalist – 07/05/2021 – World
ksuadminJuly 6, 2021 1
The former senior executive of the Desa hydroelectric plant, Roberto David Castillo, was sentenced by Honduran justice on Monday (5) for participating in the 2016 assassination of environmentalist Berta Cáceres, who opposes a project developed in indigenous territory.
Winner of the Goldman Environmental Award in 2015, the activist was killed in March 2016 by snipers who broke into her home in La Esperanza, in the west of the country. A Mexican activist who was also at the scene survived the attack with injuries.