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December 29, 2020

Honduran Indigenous Environmentalist Félix Vásquez Assassinated in Front of Family
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In news from Honduras, the Indigenous environmental activist Félix
Vásquez was assassinated Saturday by armed, masked men in front of his
family. Vásquez was a member of the Indigenous Lenca community and was
planning to run for Congress in 2021. His killing comes four-and-a-half
years after the assassination of Berta Cáceres, who was also a Lenca
leader.


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