Indigenous rights leader reported slain in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An indigenous rights activist has been slain in the Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico just weeks after community members complained about a mining concession granted to outside parties on their ancestral lands.
Julian Carrillo is a leader of the Tarahumara community of Coloradas de la Virgen in Chihuahua state. The Tarahumara have fought illegal logging and other enterprises.
Amnesty International says Carrillo was pursued and killed Wednesday evening. The group
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