Blood River

Prosecutors say a trail of text messages tie David Castillo to the plot to kill Berta Caceres. But David offers an explanation for all of these seemingly incriminating exchanges. And his freedom could rest on whether a court will believe him.

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David Castillo has been accused of planning the murder of Berta Caceres. But he insists that everything you think you know about this crime is wrong.

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Investigators collect thousands of phone records – from accused gunmen, middlemen, and company executives – and reconstruct an alleged murder plot.

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May 2, 2016 begins with a series of simultaneous police raids that target a new cast of potential suspects. New details of the investigation emerge, and a journalist drawn into the story survives a day full of terror. 

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Gunmen burst into the bedroom of Berta Caceres, shooting her dead. But they leave something important behind: a houseguest, in a bedroom down the hall.

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In her final years, Berta Cáceres led a protest movement against a proposed hydroelectric dam in Honduras. Was her murder connected to the company behind the project?

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The killers of Berta Caceres had every reason to believe they’d get away with murder. More than 100 other environmental activists in Honduras had been killed in the previous five years, yet almost no one had been punished for the crimes. Bloomberg’s Blood River follows a four-year quest to find her killers – a twisting trail that leads into the country’s circles of power.

Blood River premieres on July 27.

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