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April 23, 2018

Peru: Assassinated Forest Defender Olivia Arévalo Lomas Laid to Rest
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In Peru, mourners paid their last respects Saturday to 81-year-old
Olivia Arévalo Lomas, an indigenous rainforest protector who was found
murdered in her ancestral home in the Amazon. Arévalo Lomas was a
traditional healer, a leader in her community and an indigenous rights
activist. On Thursday, she was shot twice by an unknown gunman who fled
on a motorcycle. On Friday, an angry mob surrounded 41-year-old
Sebastian Woodroffe, a Canadian man they blamed for Arévalo Lomas's
death, before dragging him away and lynching him. Police say they're
looking into whether Woodroffe had anything to do with Arévalo Lomas's
killing, and are investigating both murders.


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