Honduran prosecutors to charge another in activist's murder
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran prosecutors said Tuesday they plan to bring charges against a former executive who they allege was a mastermind behind the murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres.
The chief prosecutor's office said it would seek formal charges against Roberto David Castillo Mejia for his alleged role at a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
That hearing, however, was postponed at the request of Caceres' family.
Castillo was president of Empresa Desarollos Energeticos when Caceres was killed in 2016. Caceres led the fight against the company's construction of a dam, and was honored with a Goldman Environmental Prize.