Region:Americas

Country:Mexico

Department/Province/State:Michoacan

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:10/12/2022

Previous Threats:Specific threat to HRD

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Ronda Comunal de Ocumicho

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

Sector Detail:Indigenous peoples' rights, Land rights

More information:Red TDT

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://centroprodh.org.mx/sididh4_0/2022/12/13/asesinan-a-pedro-pascual-defensor-purepecha/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/fr/derni%C3%A8res-actualit%C3%A9s/m%C3%A9xico-consejo-supremo-ind%C3%ADgena-de-michoac%C3%A1n-denuncia-asesinato-de-defensor-de-los-bosques-y-recursos-naturales/

https://desinformemonos.org/asesinaron-al-defensor-pedro-pascual-en-el-dia-de-los-derechos-humanos/

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