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Honduras/Director of Berta Cáceres’ assassination found guilty
By Martha Grevatt posted on July 12, 2021
Roberto David Castillo Mejía, accused by prosecutors of “masterminding” the assassination of beloved Honduran environmentalist and Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, was found guilty of homicide July 5 by a three-judge panel.
Feminist Encampment Viva Berta, set up and maintained during the trial of Roberto David Castillo Mejía, who was found guilty of homicide in the assassination of Berta Cáceres. Credit: COPINH
Cáceres was the leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). At the time of her killing, March 3, 2016, COPINH was resisting the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam project on the Galcarque River, a major source of drinking water and a sacred waterway for the Indigenous Lenca people.