{"id":2614,"date":"2021-06-30T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-colleagues-urge-state-department-to-monitor-honduras-trial-of-david-castillo-and-seek-justice-for-berta-cceres-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:41","slug":"merkley-colleagues-urge-state-department-to-monitor-honduras-trial-of-david-castillo-and-seek-justice-for-berta-cceres-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-colleagues-urge-state-department-to-monitor-honduras-trial-of-david-castillo-and-seek-justice-for-berta-cceres-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y sus colegas instan al Departamento de Estado a monitorear el juicio de David Castillo en Honduras y buscar justicia para Berta C\u00e1ceres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, junto con 34 de sus colegas, insta al Departamento de Estado a monitorear de cerca el juicio en curso del director ejecutivo de la compa\u00f1\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica DESA y ex oficial de inteligencia militar, David Castillo, quien est\u00e1 siendo juzgado en Honduras por el asesinato. de la activista ambiental Berta C\u00e1ceres.<\/p>\n<p>En su carta, los legisladores expresan su gran preocupaci\u00f3n por los informes de colusi\u00f3n generalizada entre funcionarios del gobierno, fuerzas de seguridad estatales y privadas, el crimen organizado y miembros del sector privado, y el fracaso del Gobierno de Honduras para proteger los derechos, intereses, y seguridad f\u00edsica de los pueblos ind\u00edgenas en disputas por tierras y recursos naturales.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHacer responsables a los autores materiales e intelectuales en el caso de Berta C\u00e1ceres es esencial para avanzar en la lucha contra la impunidad en Honduras y garantizar la protecci\u00f3n de los activistas. Si bien los procesamientos e investigaciones relacionados indican que otras personas estuvieron involucradas en una variedad de cr\u00edmenes relacionados con su asesinato, e incluso en su asesinato, cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s no se han presentado m\u00e1s acusaciones\u201d. <b>escribieron los legisladores.&nbsp;<\/b>\u201cLa independencia del poder judicial, crucial para el proceso democr\u00e1tico, sigue siendo un desaf\u00edo importante en Honduras. Problemas como demoras judiciales, corrupci\u00f3n, impunidad, violaciones de derechos humanos, inseguridad ciudadana y violencia son algunos de los factores que han puesto en duda el compromiso del gobierno con la justicia en este y otros casos de derechos humanos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl asesinato de Berta C\u00e1ceres es un caso emblem\u00e1tico. Es esencial que la comunidad internacional siga de cerca la decisi\u00f3n final sobre el juicio de David Castillo y otras investigaciones en curso sobre el asesinato de C\u00e1ceres. El progreso para lograr la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas por su asesinato es una necesidad para avanzar hacia la justicia y la protecci\u00f3n de los defensores de derechos humanos y otros activistas en Honduras\u201d, <b>continuaron.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>En febrero, Merkley escribi\u00f3 el <i>Honduras Ley de Derechos Humanos y Anticorrupci\u00f3n<\/i>, legislaci\u00f3n que establece un marco integral para combatir la corrupci\u00f3n, la impunidad y las violaciones de derechos humanos en Honduras. La introducci\u00f3n sigui\u00f3 a una serie de medidas importantes adoptadas por el Gobierno de Honduras para proteger a altos funcionarios de la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas, incluida la expulsi\u00f3n por parte del gobierno hondure\u00f1o de la Misi\u00f3n de Apoyo Contra la Corrupci\u00f3n y la Impunidad en Honduras (MACCIH), un organismo anticorrupci\u00f3n independiente respaldado por el Organizaci\u00f3n de Estados Americanos (OEA). El proyecto de ley de Merkley tambi\u00e9n fue presentado por los fiscales federales estadounidenses como prueba en apoyo de la moci\u00f3n de sentencia del Distrito Sur de Nueva York relativa al hermano del presidente hondure\u00f1o, quien posteriormente fue sentenciado a cadena perpetua en un caso de alto nivel de narcotr\u00e1fico y corrupci\u00f3n. .<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de Merkley, la carta fue firmada por los senadores estadounidenses Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen ( D-MD), y Jack Reed (D-RI), y por los representantes estadounidenses Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09), Henry C. \u201cHank\u201d Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-04), Joaqu\u00edn Castro (D -TX-20), Jes\u00fas G. \u201cChuy\u201d Garc\u00eda (D-IL-04), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D- VA-08), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO-05), Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13), Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva (D-AZ-03), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL ), Mark Pocan (D-WI-02), Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13), Juan Vargas (D-CA-51), Peter Welch (D-VT-AL ).<\/p>\n<p>El texto completo de la carta est\u00e1 disponible. <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schakowsky.house.gov\/sites\/schakowsky.house.gov\/files\/06.25.2021%20Schakowsky%2C%20Merkley%20et%20al%20Letter%20to%20State%20re%20David%20Castillo%20Trial%20FINAL.pdf\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, alongside 34 of his colleagues, is urging the Department of State to closely monitor the ongoing trial of DESA hydroelectric company CEO and former military intelligence officer David Castillo, who is on trial in Honduras for the murder of environmental activist Berta C&aacute;ceres. 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