Murder suspects caught on activist Honduras

Murder suspects caught on activist Honduras

World May 2, 2016 19:56

- After the assassination of prominent Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres were arrested four suspects. The men were Monday during raids in several cities in the Central American country arrested, said the prosecutor.

Caceres was early March shot in her home. The activist continued for years for the rights of the Lenca Indians and fought against the construction of dams and mines in their residential areas.

According to media reports include those arrested a soldier, an ex-soldier and an employee of the company Desa, which is building the dam Agua Zarca. Relatives and colleagues of Cáceres had the company responsible for the earlier attack on the environmental activist.

Ministers Bert Koenders and Lilianne Ploumen sent after the murder of the Dutch ambassador in Costa Rica to Honduras to draw attention to the case.,, Brave people like Caceres should be able to operate without intimidation and threat, '' Mr Koenders said.,, With sending the ambassador we deliver the important signal that the international community is watching and that we will have permanent attention to Caseres' legacy and the important battle that it conducted with conviction. No one should get away with it unpunished murder. ''

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