The indigenous activist was opposing the construction of a dam being constructed by Roberto David Castillo’s company
as the joint perpetrator in the 2016 assassination of the indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, then one of Latin America’s most prominent environmental defenders.linked to her opposition of the 22-megawatt Agua Zarca dam, approved by the government without permission from the local indigenous people.
Roberto David Castillo escorted by penitentiary police to hear the verdict by the Honduras supreme court for murder of Berta Cáceres.At West Point, Castillo studied the fundamentals of war, tactics and weaponry, later concentrating on electrical and computer engineering. But when international cadets return to serve in their home nations’ military, they benefit from more than just the academy’s training.
Activists and supporters of Berta Cáceres stand outside the Honduran supreme court. The trial began five years after her murder.While there, he joined the commission that negotiated contracts for Honduran hydroelectric projects with a subsidiary of Odebrecht S.A. The Brazilian conglomerate was later found guilty in the largest foreign bribery case in history after it paidBy then, Castillo started a business that was caught selling equipment to the army at inflated prices.
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