Berta was assassinated, in her home, in 2016, by armed intruders after many years of threats against her life.
She was a Honduran environmental activist, indigenous leader, co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organization of Honduras (COPINH).
She had dedicated her life to change Honduras where the rights of indigenous people were routinely violated,activists killed and women died every 18 hours.
She successfully led a grassroots campaign/ blockade in 2013, which lasted a year against the world’s largest dam builder to stop the building of the Agua Zarca Dam at the Rio Gualcarque. Protesters were beaten, shot and tortured by the military
Berta’s courageous efforts won her the prestigious Golden Environmental Prize.in 2015.
In July 2021 Roberto David Castillo, the former president of Desarrollos Energeticos SA (DESA), was found guilty of being a co-conspirator in her murder and sentenced to 22 1/ 2 years in prison.
Sources
Wikipedia*
RISE: Extraordinary Women of Colour Who Changed the World* by Maliha Abidi
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