Award-Winning Mexico Indigenous Environmental Activist Murdered

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2. Second winner of environmental prize killed months after Berta Cceres death

Second winner of environmental prize killed months after Berta Cáceres death

Goldman prize winner Isidro Baldenegro López, who was known for his activism against illegal logging, was shot dead months after Berta Cáceres was murdered

Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
Wednesday 18 January 2017 13.14 EST

An indigenous Mexican activist who received the prestigious Goldman environmental prize for his crusade against illegal logging has been shot dead, the second award-winner to have been murdered in less than 12 months.

Isidro Baldenegro López, a subsistence farmer and leader of the Tarahumara community in the country’s northern Sierra Madre mountain region, was shot at a relative’s home on Sunday.

Baldenegro received the Goldman prize in 2005 for his non-violent campaign to protect ancient forests from deforestation in a region plagued by violence, drug trafficking and corruption.


According to local reports the indigenous leader, who was in his 50s, had only recently returned to his community Coloradas de la Virgen in Chihuahua after a long period in exile due to threats against him and his family.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/18/isidro-baldenegro-lopez-killed-goldman-environmental-prize-mexico-berta-caceres