213:. At 23:40 on March 2, 2016, Berta Cáceres was murdered by two armed invaders to her home. Initially, the Honduran government pursued the matter as a crime of passion or as internal political struggles within COPINH, denying a connection to Berta Cáceres's political activism. Zúñiga Cáceres demanded both national and international investigations into the crime and also began campaigning to support a bill in the United States for that country to suspend military support to Honduras until the latter state can demonstrate that it has taken action against the murders of human rights activists. By March 2018, nine men, including retired and active Honduran military and two of the developers of the Aqua Zara project, had been accused of complicity in the crime, with one declaring that the murder had been a paid assassination. In February 2018, Zúñiga Cáceres expressed her belief that the government involved in the investigation are focusing on lower level conspirators to avoid acknowledging possible involvement of higher placed officials. Allegations have been made by former Honduran military that Berta Cáceres's name was included in a military
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especially against the installation of megaprojects that COPINH assert threaten economic, social, cultural and environmental rights of the Lenca people. A few weeks after assuming the leadership, Zúñiga Cáceres survived an attack perpetrated against her and other members of that organization by armed attackers who came upon the vehicle holding the group with rocks and machetes and attempted to force them off the road over a cliff.
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saw as interconnected. COPINH from the start had many detractors, which contributed to a turbulent early life for Zúñiga Cáceres, whose family experienced death threats, physical assaults, and the imprisonment of Zúñiga. Zúñiga Cáceres grew up joining in the activities of COPINH with her family. Like
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