Mexico’s Environmental Activists Killed for Resisting Infrastructure Projects

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Mexico's Environmental Activists Killed for Resisting Infrastructure Projects

A new report has found that 86 environmental activists have been killed in Mexico since 2012, with a third of the killings linked to energy projects -- an alarming fact as new development ramps up.

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A new report has found that 86 environmental activists have been killed in Mexico since 2012, with a third of the killings linked to energy projects — an alarming fact as new development ramps up.

Of the 500 attacks against environmental activists documented between 2012 and 2019, nearly 150 were linked to their protesting energy projects, according to a report by the Mexican Center for Environmental Rights (Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental – CEMDA). About 70 attacks were tied to the mining industry.

While violence against the activists took place nationwide, the southern state of Oaxaca saw the largest share of attacks, with 85 instances of violence against activists in seven years.

You really wouldn’t think that being an activist for the environment would see such problems.

This is also a noted problem in Colombia. Brazil and other countries in Latin America apparently suffer from this as well.

It’s terrible.