Translated by AMB from CNN Mexico
A third activist of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity has been murdered in less than two months. José Trinidad de la Cruz Chrysostom, also known as Trinity, was found dead Wednesday in the state of Michoacan, a day after being kidnapped by armed men, the Attorney General of the State (PGJE) said. Trinity, 73,was kidnapped on Tuesday, during an assault on a convoy of the Movement that was traveling to the community of Santa Maria Ostula, near Xayakalan.
At the beginning of October, activist Pedro Leyva, also from Xayakalan, Michoacán, was murdered. Like Trinity, Leyva was a community leader dedicated to defending their traditional lands. Weeks later, in late November, Moreno Nepomuceno, another activist, was murdered in the northern state of Sonora. Spanish original: CNN Mexico
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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