Trócaire in Honduras: Murdered ‘because of her struggle, her work, at the hands of business’

In a country where violent crime is unfortunately common, the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres caused an outcry. After fearlessly defending a sacred river from certain destruction from a hydro-dam, the indigenous woman was assassinated in her own home for holding up the project. In the second of a three-part series focusing on Honduras, Jess Casey travelled to the Central American country with Trocaire where she met the family of the murdered activist.

Berta Cáceres stands at the Gualcarque River in the Rio Blanco region of western Honduras where the struggle to halt construction on the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project took place.