Honduras arrests four suspects in killing of activist Caceres

Source: Reuters

World | Mon May 2, 2016 8:21pm EDT

Honduras arrests four suspects in killing of activist Caceres

TEGUCIGALPA | BY GUSTAVO PALENCIA

Honduran police have arrested four people in connection with the killing of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Caceres, including an employee of a company whose project she helped block, the attorney general's office said on Monday.

Caceres, 43, who fought to stop the construction of hydroelectric plants and mines on indigenous territory, was fatally shot in La Esperanza, Honduras, in early March, sparking domestic and international outrage.

One suspect was a communications manager at Desarrollos Energeticos, or DESA, a local company behind the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project that Caceres was able to get halted after mobilizing residents and activists, the attorney general's office said.

DESA did not reply to Reuters' requests for comment.

Two of the other suspects were soldiers, one on active duty and the other now retired, a spokesman for the armed forces, Lenin Gonzalez, told reporters.

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