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September 22, 2015

Guatemala: Indigenous Leader Who Opposed Palm Oil Factory Murdered 
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In Guatemala, an indigenous leader who had fought against a palm oil
factory that has been polluting a river with pesticides has been killed.
Rigoberto Lima Choc, age 28, was fatally shot outside a local
courthouse, one day after the court ordered the six-month closure of the
factory. The United Nations has described the factory's pollution as
causing an "ecological disaster."

 

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