Ucayali Peru: Anti-logging Activist and other Ashaninka members murdered

Posted on September 12, 2014 • Filed under: Crime, Enviromental Issues, Latin America Indigenous Issues, Peru

amazonwatch.org/AP reported…An outspoken Peruvian opponent of illegal logging and three other native Ashaninka community leaders were slain in a remote region bordering Brazil, tribal authorities said Monday. The activist, Edwin Chota, had received frequent death threats from illegal loggers, who he had tried for years to expel from the lands for which his community was seeking title. Read Article

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