World in brief: June 7, 2024

GUATEMALA: A lawyer who worked closely with farmworkers and indigenous people was killed in an apparent ambush, human rights organisations said on Thursday.
Jose Domingo was with two members of the United Farmworkers Committee when they were shot by a group of men on Wednesday, south of the capital.
Land ownership issues are often contentious in rural Guatemala where indigenous peoples and farmworkers struggle to obtain title to the land they live on and frequently face illegal evictions.
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