Part 8: The Trial

Blood River

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Society & Culture, True Crime, News

4.4 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

After nine months of delays, David Castillo appears in court to face trial for allegedly coordinating the murder of Berta Caceres. Prosecutors reveal new evidence – including previously unheard telephone recordings, and new text messages – that, they insist, prove David is a manipulative killer.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this episode misidentified the voices of David Castillo and Jacobo Atala when describing part of a recorded telephone exchange between them.

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0:32.3	A previous version of this episode misidentified the voices of David Castillo and Jacobo Atala when describing
0:39.5	a recorded telephone exchange between them.
0:42.6	That mistake has been corrected.
0:44.8	Thanks for listening.
0:48.8	Good.
0:50.0	Good morning.
0:52.1	How are you, good, good news.
0:52.9	This is a cell phone call that was intercepted on May 2, 2016.
0:59.6	There are two men on this call.
1:02.2	One is Jacobo Atala.
1:04.9	He's a member of the Atala Zablas, a well-known business family in Honduras.
1:10.8	The other person on the line is David Castillo.
1:14.9	You'll recall that David is the CEO of Dessa.
1:19.7	Dessa is the hydroelectric company that was planning to build a dam in western Honduras.
1:26.0	But then, it ran into protests from environmental activist Berta
1:31.3	Kasseras. At the time of this call between David and Hakobo, it has been two months since
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