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Judi Lynn

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:28 AM Jul 29

Outrage after environmental activist shot to death in Peruvian Amazon

July 28, 2025 / 7:45 AM EDT / AFP

An environmental activist campaigning against the destruction of the Amazon was shot and killed in the Peruvian jungle, local authorities said Sunday.

An environmental activist campaigning against the destruction of the Amazon was shot and killed in the Peruvian jungle, local authorities said Sunday.

Hipolito Quispehuaman was killed Saturday night while driving along a section of the Interoceanic Highway in the southeastern Madre de Dios region, according to the local prosecutor's office.

Quispehuaman had served as a member of the Tambopata National Reserve Management Committee.

"This is a murder with a firearm of yet another defender of the Madre de Dios region," local prosecutor Karen Torres told reporters.

Torres added that the preliminary motive being considered by investigators was that the murder was in retaliation for the advocacy work he was doing.

More:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/environmental-activist-peruvian-amazon-shot-dead/



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