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February 7, 2019

Honduran Prosecutors: Energy Executive Masterminded Berta Cáceres Murder
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In Honduras, prosecutors have presented evidence charging a former
energy company executive with masterminding the murder of environmental
activist Berta Cáceres, who was shot dead in her home in March of 2016.
Cáceres's assassination came as she led a campaign against a major
hydroelectric dam being constructed on indigenous land. At the time of
her death, the company building the dam was led by Roberto David
Castillo Mejía, a former military intelligence officer. Prosecutors say
Mejía provided logistics and resources to at least one of the seven men
who were convicted in November of carrying out Cáceres's assassination.


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