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"7 Found Guilty In Killing Of Honduran Environmental Activist" [1]

"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran court found seven people guilty of participating in the 2016 murder of prize-winning indigenous and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres, while acquitting an eighth suspect in a case that has drawn international attention.

In a unanimous ruling released Thursday, three judges found that Elvin Rapalo, Henry Hernandez, Edilson Duarte and Oscar Galeas carried out the killing of Caceres, who was shot inside her home in La Esperanza in western Honduras one year after winning the Goldman Environmental Prize for her leadership against a dam project.

They face up to 30 years in prison for the murder conviction, and their sentences will be announced Jan. 10."

Freddy Cuevas reports for the Associated Press November 29, 2018. [2]

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Source: AP [2], 11/30/2018
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