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January 20, 2022

Judge Clears Indigenous Land Protector Amber Ortega over 2020 Protest at U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
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In Arizona, a federal judge ruled Wednesday Indigenous activist Amber
Ortega was not guilty for her 2020 protest in which she blocked
construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Quitobaquito Springs.
Ortega's supporters cheered as they greeted her outside the Tucson
courthouse. Ortega, who is from the Hia Ced and Tohono O'odham
communities, successfully argued the border wall and its construction
violated her religious and spiritual beliefs and practice.


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