Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists

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Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organization. By Katie Surma An Indigenous land defender was shot and killed on Sunday in Cotacachi, Ecuador, where he was marching in protest of high […]

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