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Honduras is the most deadly nation on earth to be an environmental activist.

I'm Linda Presley, and for this week's assignment I'm in a

region where the development of hydroelectricity has provoked controversy, violence and

murder. violence and

we've driven about five kilometers out of the very pretty town of Lasparanza

in Honduras's western highlands. And we've come to a large compound with beautiful

views of these pine-clad mountains all around. And we're approaching a small green-colored new bungalow with a pink tin roof and

this is where on the 3rd of March of this year Honduras is probably most

famous environmentalist Berta Casares was murdered.

Renato Lacayo, local journalist, has brought me here.

And so what happened that night in March?

So Bette was here with a friend, a colleague from Mexico, Gustavo Pester.

They were here, it was late night, and gunman busted into her home, identified her, and killed her.

Also shot Gustavo.

He lost part of his ear in a gunshot wound.

And he played dead, right?

He acted like it was over for him, so

gunman went away.

Let's have a walk around.

I've never seen so much tape in the crime scene under us before.

You see the military personnel? Oh, okay. There's a soldier just across the way from us. And when this happened Renato, what was the effect?

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