Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez is a Mexican human rights defender and member of the Asamblea de los Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo de Tehuantepec en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio – APIIDTT (Tehuantepec Ishtmus Indigenous Peoples’ Assembly in Defence of the Land and Territory), in the Santa María Xadani municipality, Tehuantepec Isthmus, Oaxaca. She is also a member of the movement of Civil Resistance against High-Electricity Prices, that are allegedly related to the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) company, and has faced significant threats against her because of her human rights work on land rights and the rights of indigenous peoples. It was reported in April 2017 that since February 10th until April, the defender has allegedly been repeatedly threatened and followed by heavily armed men. Moreover, on 19 April 2017, the 92.7 radio station from Juchitán devoted several hours to broadcasting defamatory statements against the work of Bettina.