Region:Americas

Country:Mexico

Department/Province/State:Sonora

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:29/04/2021

Previous Threats:Specific threat to HRD

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Comisariado ejidal de El Bajío / Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería (REMA)

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Extractive industries/mega projects, Land rights

More information:Front Line Defenders

¹This database records an individual's chosen gender identity. If they do not self-identify as male or female they can use the option of recording other/neither or use the term NBGI (non binary gender identity).

URLs (links) of Interest

https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/05/06/estados/asesinan-a-pareja-de-activistas-de-la-rema-en-sonora-minera-se-deslinda/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%C3%BAltimas-noticias/m%C3%A9xico-l%C3%ADder-de-oposici%C3%B3n-a-la-empresa-minera-penmont-y-su-esposa-son-asesinados-nombres-de-13-activistas-fueron-dejados-en-los-cuerpos-incluye-comentarios-de-la-empresa/

https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/05/04/asesinaron-a-jesus-robledo-cruz-y-maria-jesus-gomez-vega-ambientalistas-opositores-a-la-minera-penmont-en-sonora/

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