It's now been four and a half years since the night of March 2nd, 2016, when Berta

Caceres was shot dead in the bedroom of her house.

Four and a half years of frustrations, secrets, and revelations.

First, there was the survivor.

The witness that the assassins failed to kill in Bertha's guest bedroom.

Then there were the false leads, allegations of a cover-up, and surprise raids.

After all of that, investigators pieced together a murder plot that pointed the finger at the hydroelectric

company that Bertha had opposed.

This led to seven murder convictions, but a critical piece of this story remains unresolved.

David Castillo, the CEO of Dessa, was arrested in 2018 for plotting Berta's

death. And since then, his case has been in limbo. All the while, a clock has been ticking.

Under Honduran law, a person can be held in custody without going to trial

for only two and a half years, and David's time in prison expires on September 2nd, 2020.

It's now late August, with just two weeks to go before that day arrives.

And Bertha's family is growing very worried.

They say David's legal team is trying to run out that clock.

Berta's older brother, Gustavo, tells a Honduran television show

that if David goes free, the family's hopes of finding

some measure of justice will slip away too.

We're asking the court, let's go immediately with the public trial.

They can try and show his innocence and show that he didn't participate

and show that he didn't threaten Berta Caceres.

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