Trial Against David Castillo Over Berta Cceres' Murder Resumes

[Judi Lynn]

The trial against David Castillo, co-perpetrator of the crime of Berta Cáceres, resumes
Tuesday; the Court will announce its decision on the new evidence and expert reports
presented by the parties. | Photo: Twitter/@COPINHHONDURAS

Published 27 April 2021

The murder of the leader of the Lenca people, environmental activist and human rights defender, happened just over five years ago, on March 2, 2016.

The Honduran Sentencing Court resumed the oral and public trial of David Castillo on Tuesday; Castillo is the alleged mastermind of the murder of environmental leader Berta Cáceres, but the court did not allow any observations during the process.

The trial against Castillo began last April 6 and resumed this Tuesday after the Court of Appeals rejected a challenge by the defense against the Sentencing Court because they disagreed with some preliminary resolutions.

On its Twitter account, the Honduran Judiciary announced that: "After the Court of Appeals declared null a motion filed by the defense of Roberto "David" Castillo, who is linked to the murder of Berta Cáceres, the Nation Sentencing Court schedules the continuation of the Oral and Public Trial from April 26 to May 7."

On April 6, Castillo's defense had asked the court to delay the trial until three challenges were resolved and the results of some forensic analyses were ready, but the court denied that request.

The murder of the leader of the Lenca people, environmental activist and human rights defender, occurred on March 2, 2016, when she was at her home in the residential El Líbano, in the municipality of La Esperanza, Intibucá.

Link to tweet

More:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trial-Against-David-Castillo-Over-Berta-Caceres-Murder-Resumes-20210427-0015.html



viernes, 2 de marzo de 2018
BREAKING: President of DESA arrested for involvement in Assassination of Berta Cáceres

BREAKING NEWS: David Castillo Mejia, the President of DESA, the corporation building the dam Berta was organizing against when she was assassinated, has just been arrested while attempting to flee Honduras

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During the time she posted here, brilliant activist/former UN translator/editor/you name it!/ poster, EFerrari corresponded with Berta Cáceres repeatedly. It seems even more real knowing a phenomenal person here was her friend.