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Rights Groups Demand Justice for Murdered Environmentalist Marco Antonio Suástegui

HeadlineMay 01, 2025

In Mexico, rights groups are demanding justice for Marco Antonio Suástegui, an environmental activist from Guerrero state who was shot two weeks ago and died on Friday. Suástegui helped lead the successful grassroots resistance against the La Parota hydroelectric dam project, which would have devastated the local environment and community.

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