Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Mexico · 2017
Isidro Baldenegro, Goldman Prize winner, killed in Chihuahua
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Isidro Baldenegro López, who had won the Goldman Prize in 2005, was killed on 15 January 2017 in Chihuahua after opposing logging on Rarámuri land. A trial of the alleged shooter was scheduled for January 2019, and the sources reviewed do not record a verdict.
What?
Isidro Baldenegro López, a Goldman Prize winner, was killed in Coloradas de la Virgen, Chihuahua, after opposing logging on Rarámuri land.
Where?
Coloradas de la Virgen, Chihuahua, Mexico
When?
Killed 15 January 2017; trial of the alleged shooter scheduled for January 2019. tiempo.com.mx
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
- Rarámuri land — subject of the logging he opposed; logging operators are not named in the sources reviewed
Harmed
- Isidro Baldenegro López — killed 15 January 2017
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Killed; an alleged shooter was to stand trial. The sources reviewed do not record a verdict. tiempo.com.mx
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Tiempo reported that an oral trial of the alleged shooter was scheduled for January 2019.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: a verdict in the alleged shooter's trial, which the sources reviewed could not confirm.
- Unclear Whether logging on the Rarámuri land continued after the killing is not stated.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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