Honduras convicts ex-executive in activist murder, appeal expected

FILE PHOTO: A group of indigenous peoples hold a protest outside a court, during a hearing of Roberto David Castillo, arrested on charges of helping plan the murder of Berta Caceres two years ago, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras March 3, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -A former top executive of a Honduran construction firm was found guilty on Monday of collaborating in the 2016 murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres, a decision that a lawyer for the executive promised to appeal.

Roberto David Castillo, the former head of Desarrollos Energeticos, or DESA, ran the $50 million Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam project that the indigenous Caseres fervently opposed.