PBI-Honduras observes court hearing of two police officers accused of falsifying evidence to protect those responsible for the murder of Berta Cáceres
On October 28, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media:
“Yesterday, we observed the hearing against Juan Carlos Cruz of the Police Directorate of Investigations (DPI) and the ex-police Miguel Arcangel Rosales, accused of covering up the murder of Berta Cáceres by crimes of misuse of records intended to serve as a means of evidence before the competent authority and falsification of public documents. We remain firm with our support to Copinh Honduras in their legitimate search for comprehensive justice for Berta Cáceres and the communities affected by the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project.”
Criterio.hn has previously reported on the court processes related to “two police officers who falsified evidence in the investigation of the case of the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres in order to protect those responsible.”
On October 27, COPINH also posted on social media:
“The trial against Juan Carlos Cruz and Miguel Arcángel Rosales continues, accused of rendering useless records intended to serve as evidence before the competent authority and of falsifying public documents to cover up the crime against our colleague #BertaCáceres.
From COPINH we continue to demand truth, justice and non-repetition in the face of the attempts of impunity in the crime against our sister Berta Cáceres. 9 years without Berta, not 10 without Justice.”
And Ambiente Sociocultural International explains:
#JusticiaParaBerta | Trial begins against police officers accused of falsifying evidence
On October 20, the trial began against Juan Carlos Cruz (DPI) and Miguel Arcángel Rosales (former policeman), who are accused of misusing records and falsifying public documents to cover up the crime against the co-founder of COPINH and defender of the Gualcarque river and the people of Lenca, Berta Cáceres.
Berta lives, and the fight continues.”
Accompaniment
Caceres, an Indigenous water protector and co-founder of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) was murdered on March 2, 2016, for her opposition to the construction of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River.
COPINH’s coordinators have been accompanied by Peace Brigades International since May 2016.
Further reading: COPINH celebrates “popular victory” as DESA manager sentenced as “instigator” in the murder of Berta Caceres (PBI-Canada, February 11, 2025) and PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH at Supreme Court as co-author of murder of Berta Caceres sentenced to 22 years, 6 months (PBI-Canada, June 20, 2022).
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