US EditionOutrage after environmental activist shot to death in Peruvian Amazon
MADRE DE DIOS, PERU, JUL 28 – Hipolito Quispehuaman was killed in a suspected retaliatory attack linked to his fight against illegal mining and deforestation, amid 54 environmental defenders murdered in Peru since 2012.
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Peruvian rainforest defender shot dead in suspected targeted killing
Environmental activist Hipólito Quispe Huamán was shot and killed Saturday night in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru, in what authorities suspect was a targeted attack linked to his work defending the Amazon rainforest, AFP reports. Quispe Huamán was driving along the Interoceanic Highway when he was gunned down, according to local prosecutors. […]
An environmental defender fighting against the depredation of the Amazon was shot down in the Peruvian jungle, the authorities announced on Sunday 27 July. Attacks on environmental defenders have increased in recent years in the Amazonian regions of Peru, where indigenous peoples are confronted with the presence of drug traffickers and illegal mining.
Hipolito Quispehuaman was killed on Saturday 26 July in the Madre de Dios region, in retaliation for his work in this particularly biodiversity-rich area.
Peruvian Environmental defender Hipólito Quispe Huamán killed
Environmental activist Hipólito Quispe Huamán was shot and killed Saturday night in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru, in what authorities suspect was a targeted attack linked to his work defending the Amazon rainforest, AFP reported on 29 July 2025. Quispe Huamán was driving along the Interoceanic Highway when he was gunned down, according to local prosecutors. Karen Torres, a regional prosecutor, told reporters that investigators a…
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