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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.

An Indigenous land defender was shot and killed on Sunday in Cotacachi, Ecuador, where he was marching in protest of high costs of living and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists.

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

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