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Honduras: Indigenous activist killed in front of family



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Honduran police were investigating the murder of environmental activist and member of the indigenous Lenca community Felix Vasquez, authorities said on Monday. The 70-year-old activist was shot by a group of masked men in his home, in the central village of El Ocotal. Members of his family witnessed the crime. Police were looking to see if Vasquez had enemies in the community and if he reported receiving death threats. They “hope to have an answer soon,” police official Kevin Hernandez told journalists. In addition to his environmental work, Vasquez was an outspoken human rights advocate and a leader of an …

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