Region:Americas

Country:Guatemala

Department/Province/State:Chiquimula

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:15/06/2020

Previous Threats:Yes

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Nuevo Dia - New Day Ch’orti Central of Indigenous Peasant Organisations.

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:Civil and Political Rights, ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Environmental Rights, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, 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

Fotografía y bibliografía.- Cherofsky, J., “Asesinado en defensa de la vida: EL legado de Medardo Alonzo Lucero, defensor Ch’orti’de los derechos humanos”, Cultural Survival, 28 April 2021.

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/asesinado-en-defensa-de-la-vida-el-legado-de-medardo-alonzo-lucero-defensor-chorti-de-los

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