Lenca indigenous hold placards during a protest to mark the second anniversary of the killing of environmental activist Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran authorities on Friday said they arrested a high-ranking executive of a hydroelectric company on Friday on charges of helping plan the murder of indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres two years ago.
Roberto David Castillo, executive president of Desarrollos Energeticos (DESA), was arrested at an airport in the north of the country, Honduran prosecutors said. DESA had been pushing for the construction of a dam that was opposed by Caceres
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