Scott Campbell on Nostr: Indigenous Chontal environmental defender Cristino Castro Perea, 63, was assassinated ...

Indigenous Chontal environmental defender Cristino Castro Perea, 63, was assassinated by gunmen on a motorcycle in the center of Barra de la Cruz, Oaxaca, yesterday.

Castro is described as a "model" and "symbol" of the community's struggle against hotel developers seeking to displace residents in order to develop the coastal territory for tourism.

https://www.somoselmedio.com/asesinan-a-cristino-castro-perea-defensor-ambientalista-de-barra-de-la-cruz-oaxaca/

#Mexico #Oaxaca #Indigenous #environment