Honduras: Three Indigenous Murdered for Defending Territory from Resource Extraction

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Intercontinental Cry, By: Curtis Kline, 08/31/2013

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While carrying out peaceful actions to defend their territory from the illegal exploitation of natural resources and forest clearing, three Indigenous Tolupan from Yoro district in Honduras, MarĂ­a Enriqueta Matute, Armando Funez Medina and Ricardo Soto Funez, were murdered on Sunday.

 

At the time, the Tolupan community of San Francisco de Locomapa was carrying out a peaceful demonstration to protest the installation of a mine in their territories. Exercising their legitimate right to the protection of their environment and their livelihoods, the community organized a roadblock, preventing all vehicles from gaining access to any minerals.

 

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