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On Monday morning, the Honduran authorities arrested 4 men in relation to the murder of internationally renowned activist Berta Cáceres -- 2 are retired or active members of the Honduran Armed Forces and 2 have ties to DESA, the company building the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project that Berta was campaigning against. With even the Honduran government investigators now admitting the assassins have ties to the Honduran Armed Forces, it is time once and for all for the United States to end financing and training of the Honduran security forces. Berta's family and COPINH continue to call for the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to investigate the case.  It is hard to believe that the Honduran government has the political will to investigate the higher-ups who may have helped plan or known about Berta's murder; as Berta's daughter Laura Zuniga Cáceres told The Guardian, “The Honduran state is too closely linked to the murder of my mother to carry out an independent investigation.”

On Monday, April 18, the final day of SOA Watch's Spring Days of Action, human rights activists disrupted the Congressional offices of three U.S. House Representatives who enthusiastically supported the 2009 military coup in Honduras (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, from Florida; Dana Rohrabacher, from California) and who continue to fund death squads and human rights abuses (latter two offices and Kay Granger, from Texas). As grassroots activists from across the United States called Congress to register their opposition to the American policy towards the Central American country, and others protested outside of the Congressional office buildings, SOA Watch activists took over the three Congressional offices.

Those in the U.S. government (including Hilary Clinton), who are responsible for the militarized U.S. policy in Honduras, need to be held accountable. Rep. Kay Granger (chair of important committees that fund the Drug War in Latin America) wants to deport Honduran children yet continues to arm the criminal Honduran regime they are fleeing; Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been one of the most aggressive proponents for the coup regime in Honduras; Representative Dana Rohrbacher not only denied that a coup had even taken place, but sent a letter of support to the coup President of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, a man who had been implicated in corruption and narco-trafficking. Feel free to follow up with their offices. You can get connected via the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Watch a video clip of the protest inside the Congressional office of Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), a lackey of the arms industry, her office is covered in proof of where her allegiances lie: https://www.facebook.com/Schooloftheamericaswatch/videos/10153851849616130/ (please share the video with your friends on facebook, twitter etc.)

Photos from the protest outside of the Congressional office buildings: https://photobyted.smugmug.com/SOAW/Justice-for-Berta-Cáceres/n-hkvd6M/i-qZ8K5sK/A

Please stay tuned for an update from Honduras from SOA Watch's Latin America Liaison Brigitte Gynther, who currently accompanies COPINH at this difficult time.

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We kick off our 2016 SOA Watch Spring Days of Action on April14! On Monday, April 18 during the finale of our events & actions, we want you to strenghten our protest in DC by participating in our National Call-In Day! As we pressure Congress and protest on Capitol Hill in honor of Honduran indigenous and environmental activist Berta Cáceres, murdered just over one month ago, you will echo and amplify our voices by flooding the phone lines. Your voice does make the difference! Please see details below.

This year's theme for the Spring Days of Action is Solidarity with Communities in Resistance and Sanctuary for Refugees. Increasing militarization and violence in Central America and Mexico is leading to an increase of asylum-seekers looking for refuge in the U.S. While some try to scapegoat them for all of our problems, we must stand up and demand accountability from the U.S. government and respect for the people of the region, whether they are in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, or in the U.S. We recognized and answered this call in the 1980s, and it is time for us to do so once again.