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July 15, 2020

Honduran Land Defender Marvin Damián Castro Found Murdered
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In Honduras, 29-year-old environmentalist and land defender Marvin
Damián Castro was found dead Monday near the capital of Tegucigalpa
after going missing on Sunday. Castro was a member of a network of land
and water defenders in southern Honduras. He had recently told a
government human rights agency he was afraid for his life. Two alleged
gang members were arrested as suspects in Castro's killing. Violence
against land and water defenders and Indigenous leaders in Honduras has
skyrocketed since the U.S.-backed coup in 2009.


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