Dam Violence. The plan that killed Berta Cรกceres
Nov. 2017
On March 2, 2016, armed men murdered human rights defender Berta Isabel Cรกceres Flores, and shot Mexican environmental activist Gustavo Castro Soto in the town of La Esperanza, Department of Intibucรก, HondurasโฆBased on its analysis of the evidence, GAIPE has concluded that Berta Isabel Cรกceresโ murder is not an isolated incident. This report demonstrates that shareholders, executives, managers, and employees of Desarrollos Energรฉticos Sociedad Anรณnima (DESA), private security companies working for DESA; and public officials and State security agencies implemented different strategies to violate the right to prior, free and informed consultations of the Lenca indigenous peopleโฆThe information reviewed by GAIPE also demonstrates that DESA lacked sufficient capital to build the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric Project. The company appears to have used funds originating from the financial system to increase the levels of violence in the zoneโฆBased on its analysis, GAIPE has established the willful negligence by financial institutions such as the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the Netherlands Development Finance Institution (FMO) and the Finnfundโฆ