Isidro Baldenegro López (left), a Tarahumara indigenous activist in Mexico's Chihuahua state who fought for the preservation of forest lands, was assassinated last week, in an attack on the home of a family member in the pueblo of Coloradas de la Virgen, Guadalupe y Calvo municipality. Although the Chihuahua state prosecutor has not officially registered a homicide, Baldenegro's relatives confirmed that he had been slain and buried in the village. The assailants have not been identified, but his relatives say they believe the gunmen were part of the same network that has threatened and slain other local residents for defending the pueblo's forest lands and opposing illegal timber felling.
Photo: Randall Gingrich for Tierra Nativa
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