Honduras: Oral trial begins for six people accused of irregularities in the concession for the construction of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque river
CESPAD
"Honduras: International mission will observe "Fraude sobre el Gualcarque" case", 25 July 2022
...The oral hearings begin today in the corruption trial in the concession of the Gualcarque River, in Honduras. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other organisations that make up the Qualified Observation Mission in the Berta Cáceres case in Honduras will follow the oral hearings.
...These concessions are still in force in the territories of the Lenca community, violating their rights to land and water. The complaint is linked to the 2016 murder of renowned environmental and human rights defender Berta Cáceres.
This trial is also emblematic because it is the first time in the country that Indigenous communities — direct victims of these criminal acts — have become parties to a corruption case for violation of their human rights...
The trial of six people for the crimes of fraud, abuse of authority, falsification of public documents, and use of false documents in the concession of the Agua Zarca Project begins 25 July 2022. Among them are former public officials and the former manager of the company Desarrollos Energéticos S.A. (DESA), David Castillo, who was recently sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison as co-author of the murder of Berta Cáceres....