In Mexico, two human rights activists have been shot dead in the state of Oaxaca. The victims have been identified as Beatriz Carino, director of the Mexican human rights group CACTUS, and Jyri Antero Jaakkola, a human rights observer from Finland. They were traveling as part of a convoy attempting to deliver aid to a town that’s been targeted by paramilitary blockades since the 2006 uprising against Governor Ulises Ruiz. Gabriela Jimenez of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca described the attack.

Gabriela Jimenez: “When the driver tried to reverse, his tires were gone, and he couldn’t get up, because they were attacking from the front. It was then when our colleagues, Beatriz Carino and Jyri Jaakkola, died. They were hit in the head, as far as we know.”

Two Mexican journalists who were covering the humanitarian convoy have also been reported missing since the attack.