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The decision of the Supreme Court of Justice to remove Judge Lisseth Rosario Vallecillo Banegas raises strong concerns about the intentions of continued impunity for the intellectual authors of the crime, the Atala Zablah family.
Judge Vallecillo’s actions have accompanied and facilitated the dilatory tactics of David Castillo’s defense. As proof of this, nearly a year and four months have passed since the preliminary hearing started, a hearing that has yet to be concluded due to appeals and suspensions requested by the defense. Whatsmore, the Court’s decision comes just days before David Castillo’s pre trial detention period runs out and without the public trial still not taking place.
The judicial process has been unjustifiably delayed, which is the responsibility of the judiciary.
The delays presented in bad faith by the defense of David Castillo, the lawyers Sánchez Cantillano and Ritza Antunes, have created the conditions for manipulation in search of impunity in this process and with regard to the investigation of Daniel Atala Midence, Jose Atala Zablah, Jacobo Atala Zablah and Pedro Atala Zablah...
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Honduras: Concerns raised about irregularities in the trial of David Castillo, accused for the murder of Berta Cáceres
Given recent news that the judge overseeing the judicial process of David Castillo, the only DESA executive charged for the murder of Berta Cáceres, has been transferred from the case, the daughters and son of Berta Cáceres, together with the legal team and the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), express the following.
The plan to assassinate Berta Cáceres was forged around October 2015. A first attempt was to assassinate Berta Cáceres in the Río Blanco region using a hitman known as Olvin Mejia, who was captured in December 2015 for illegally carrying arms and the murder of a Río Blanco resident.
Thanks to the maneuvers of Daniel Atala and David Castillo, he was freed in only four days to continue with his mission of murdering Berta Cáceres. Copinh, the organisation of which Berta Cáceres was director, has expressed concerns due to irregularities in his trial.
Though the Covid health crisis keeps us from meeting in person and embracing, which gives us so much strength, we know that solidarity and the struggle for justice does not stop because of the distance.
A Honduran judge ordered the start of the trial of a former executive who has been held in detention for more than two years on charges of ordering the murder of indigenous activist Berta Caceres, her daughter said…
Given recent news that the judge overseeing the judicial process of David Castillo, the only DESA executive charged for the murder of Berta Cáceres, has been transferred from the case, the daughters and son of Berta Cáceres, together with the legal team and the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), express the following.
The plan to assassinate Berta Cáceres was forged around October 2015. A first attempt was to assassinate Berta Cáceres in the Río Blanco region using a hitman known as Olvin Mejia, who was captured in December 2015 for illegally carrying arms and the murder of a Río Blanco resident.
Thanks to the maneuvers of Daniel Atala and David Castillo, he was freed in only four days to continue with his mission of murdering Berta Cáceres. Copinh, the organisation of which Berta Cáceres was director, has expressed concerns due to irregularities in his trial.
Though the Covid health crisis keeps us from meeting in person and embracing, which gives us so much strength, we know that solidarity and the struggle for justice does not stop because of the distance.
A Honduran judge ordered the start of the trial of a former executive who has been held in detention for more than two years on charges of ordering the murder of indigenous activist Berta Caceres, her daughter said…
Given recent news that the judge overseeing the judicial process of David Castillo, the only DESA executive charged for the murder of Berta Cáceres, has been transferred from the case, the daughters and son of Berta Cáceres, together with the legal team and the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), express the following.
The plan to assassinate Berta Cáceres was forged around October 2015. A first attempt was to assassinate Berta Cáceres in the Río Blanco region using a hitman known as Olvin Mejia, who was captured in December 2015 for illegally carrying arms and the murder of a Río Blanco resident.
Thanks to the maneuvers of Daniel Atala and David Castillo, he was freed in only four days to continue with his mission of murdering Berta Cáceres. Copinh, the organisation of which Berta Cáceres was director, has expressed concerns due to irregularities in his trial.