Rights Groups "Deeply Worried" About Murders Of Mexico's Green Activists

[hatrack]

MEXICO CITY - "International rights groups demanded on Wednesday that the Mexican government do more to protect environmental activists from violent attacks as they campaign against logging.

An ambush last week that killed two sons of a longtime anti-logging activist was part of a campaign by local political bosses to crush environmental campaigners in the western state of Guerrero, according to Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Mexican rights groups.

Farmer Albertano Penalosa, a leading environmental campaigner, was apparently the target of last week's attack but he escaped with slight injuries. Two sons were shot dead.

Carlos Gomez, Mexico director of the London-based Amnesty, told a news conference that the group was "deeply worried" about the ecologists' security and called for an "immediate and exhaustive investigation" into the attack. "We are asking for justice," Penalosa's wife, Reyna Mojica, told the same news conference. Her husband did not attend out of fear for his safety."

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[sam sarrha]

1. that is just how people commit suicide in mexico.. buck the system

or drive a nice car

[getmeouttahere]

2. I'll assume these activists are peaceful....

otherwise if they are bombing offices like some activists are known to do, it's a live-by-the-sword, die-by-the-sword kind of thing.

Having said that, we all know how murderous right-wingers can be towards anyone who is a socialist or green activist or anything lefty. Case in point is the recent coup attempt in Venezuela, home to Chavez' democratically-elected government.

www.handsoffvenezuela.org

[getmeouttahere]

3. By "recent" coup attempt, I mean....

the last 5-6 years, but you can bet that BushCo is gearing up again!