Honduras: arrest warrant issued over murder of activist Berta Caceres

Source: The Guardian

Honduras: arrest warrant issued over murder of activist Berta Cáceres

Indigenous and environmental leader was shot in 2016 after campaigning to stop construction of an internationally financed dam

Nina Lakhani in Dubai
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Sat 2 Dec 2023 14.35 GMT
Last modified on Sat 2 Dec 2023 14.38 GMT

Authorities in Honduras have issued an arrest warrant for the alleged mastermind in the case of the murdered Indigenous environmental leader Berta Cáceres.

Cáceres was gunned down in her home in March 2016 in retaliation for leading a campaign to stop construction of an internationally financed hydroelectric dam.

On Friday, a court issued an arrest warrant for Daniel Atala Midence after prosecutors formally accused the former financial manager of the dam company, Desa, with masterminding the murder.

Atala Midence, who is part of one of the most powerful economic and political families in the country, ran Desa along with the company president, David Castillo.

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