Environmental Activist Murdered, ‘Canadians on Americans’ And Consumer Rights For Saudi Women

Anti-logging activist Isidro Baldenegro, 39, in jail, speaks to a reporter at Parral prison, 300 miles south of the U.S border in Mexico, May 31, 2003. Baldenegro, 39, was arrested on March 29. He said state police showed up at his house asking him about his activism; he has led about 400 Indians in his village of Coloradas de la Virgen to protect their land and stop logging.
Anti-logging activist Isidro Baldenegro speaks to a reporter in prison in 2009. Baldenegro was murdered this month, making him the second winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize to be killed over a 12 month period. Pablo Aneli / AP Photo
Anti-logging activist Isidro Baldenegro, 39, in jail, speaks to a reporter at Parral prison, 300 miles south of the U.S border in Mexico, May 31, 2003. Baldenegro, 39, was arrested on March 29. He said state police showed up at his house asking him about his activism; he has led about 400 Indians in his village of Coloradas de la Virgen to protect their land and stop logging.
Anti-logging activist Isidro Baldenegro speaks to a reporter in prison in 2009. Baldenegro was murdered this month, making him the second winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize to be killed over a 12 month period. Pablo Aneli / AP Photo

Environmental Activist Murdered, ‘Canadians on Americans’ And Consumer Rights For Saudi Women

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