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Mexico is world's deadliest spot for environmental activists

A Yaqui Indigenous family walks past the cemetery where slain water-defense leader Tomas Rojo is buried. [AP Photo]

Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday, and the Yaqui Indigenous people of northern Mexico are still mourning the killing of water-defense leader Tomas Rojo found dead in June 2021.

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