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Killers of Honduran Activist Get Up to 50-year Sentences

Associated Press

   TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - A Honduran court sentenced seven people to
   prison terms of up to 50 years Monday for the 2016 murder of indigenous
   and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres.

   The seven men were convicted in November 2018 for the attack, which
   left Caceres dead while another activist survived.

   Four men -- Elvin Rapalo, Henry Hernandez, Edilson Duarte and Oscar
   Torres Velasquez -- were sentenced to 34 years for the murder and 16
   years for attempted murder. The country's Sentencing Tribunal gave
   three others prison terms of 30 years for their roles, including an
   army officer, an ex-soldier and a manager of the dam project Caceres
   opposed.

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