A Honduran court sentenced seven men to prison terms ranging from 30 to 50 years for their roles in the 2016 murder of environmental and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres. Cáceres, who was shot in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras in 2016, had been leading opposition to construction of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River. (See "Award winner knows activism’s risks all too well" —EcoAméricas, April 2015) and (See "Violence rife, facts scant in Honduran dam debate" —EcoAméricas, March 2016.) Her murder sparked an international outcry and prompted banks to withdraw financial support for the project. Four of the men accused in the killing were given 50-year prison sentences while three others were handed 30-year terms for helping... [Log in to read more]
