200 environmental activists killed worldwide last year, says Global Witness report
A Yaqui Indigenous persom wears a bandana over his mouth as he walks through dust past the cemetery where slain water-defense leader Tomás Rojo is buried in Potam, Mexico, Tuesday, September 27, 2022
SOME 200 environmental and land defence activists were killed around the world last year, including 54 in Mexico, which became the deadliest country in the annual report by Global Witness.
More than three-quarters of the killings took place in Latin America, with double-digit death tolls in Colombia, Brazil and Nicaragua.
It was the third consecutive year of increases for Mexico and a jump from 30 such activists killed in 2020.
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