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October 15, 2020

Honduran Environmentalist Who Opposed Open-Pit Mine Assassinated
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In Honduras, environmental activist Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo was
shot and killed in his home earlier this week, according to local media.
He was reportedly one of 32 water defenders targeted and criminalized
for protesting an open-pit mine in the community of Guapinol. 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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