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November 30, 2018

Honduras: Court Convicts 7 Men for Murder of Activist Berta Cáceres
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A Honduran court has convicted seven men for the murder of Honduran
indigenous environmental leader Berta Cáceres. Cáceres, a winner of the
Goldman Prize for environmental defenders, was fighting the construction
of a major hydroelectric dam on sacred indigenous land when she was shot
dead in her home in March 2016, just two days before her 45th birthday.
The court ruled the murder of Cáceres was ordered by executives of the
Honduran company behind the dam, known as DESA, who hired the convicted
hit men to carry out the killing. After the sentencing Olivia Zúniga,
Cáceres's oldest daughter, demanded that the masterminds behind the
murder be brought to justice.

Olivia Zúniga: "We will not support this until they bring to justice the
masterminds of this murder, with a DESA official being linked, also
officials from the last three illegitimate governments, as a result of a
coup that has taken place in the country. They are committing grave acts
of corruption."



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