Juventina Villa...a leader of an environmental organization in...Mexico...was shot to death...[on Nov 28]...[She] worked to defend the forests and communities in region...[In June 2011,] Margarita Chub Che...[was murdered after fighting] back when her [indigenous] community [in Guatemala] was displaced by private guards...to make way for large agribusiness interests...In Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, at least 24 women human rights defenders have been murdered in the past few years. Many more have received threats to their lives, have been forced to flee, or have suffered physical attacks, often including sexual violence...Marusia Cruz, director of JASS Mesoamerica, notes that the risks keep increasing...In most cases, the crimes against them have not been punished...