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HRD Attack

20 Dec 2015

Javier Vásquez Benítez

Incident date
20 Dec 2015
Date accuracy
All Correct
Male
Indigenous peoples
Killings
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: Honduras
Los Encinos Honduras Hydropower & dam projects

Sources

Killing of indigenous leader & land rights defender opposing Los Encinos‏ hydroelectric dam. Mr. Javier Vásquez Benítez, a member of the Independent Indigenous Lenca de la Paz - Honduras Movement (MILPAH), was murdered in the context of social unrest by the opposition of MILPAH and other organizations to the concessions of hydroelectric projects by the Honduran authorities in their territory.