“Servindi reports on the impact of the energy industry on Indigenous territories in Mexico”, 15 January 2021

...“The platform [is] a digital tool powered by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) with support from Amazon Conservation Team (ACT).”

“According to the platform, 14 extractive and infrastructure projects were mapped, affecting at least 105 Mexican communities. Of the total projects, 9 are from the energy sector: solar, thermal, wind and hydro-energy.”

“In addition, agribusiness, timber extraction and mining are the other industries that violate the collective rights of indigenous peoples”

...The article highlights: “Murders and criminalization against environmental defenders were also reported. An example of this was the assassination of indigenous communicator Samir Flores, who died in February 2019, who opposed the Huexca thermoelectric plant”

...The FPDTA-MPT has also stated: “[Mexican president] Lopez Obrador [supporting the PIM] betrays the peasant and the promise of change of his government, to favour transnational corporations [including] Canadian miners like Alamos Gold”...