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July 7, 2021

Indigenous Land Defender Assassinated in Chiapas
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In Mexico, human rights advocates are demanding justice for another
Indigenous land defender assassinated in the southern state of Chiapas.
Simón Pedro Pérez López was gunned down early Monday morning as he
walked to a local market with his son. Pérez López was the former
president of Las Abejas de Acteal, an anti-violence group that defended
Indigenous communities and their land.


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