Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Ecuador · 2014
José Tendetza, who opposed the Mirador copper mine, found dead before COP20
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
José Tendetza, an Ecuadorian leader who opposed the Mirador copper mine, was found dead in December 2014, days before he was due at COP20. The sources reviewed find no prosecution.
What?
An Ecuadorian leader who opposed the Mirador copper mine, was found dead in December 2014. Mongabay
Where?
Ecuador, where the Mirador copper mine is located Mongabay
When?
Went missing 28 November 2014; found dead in early December 2014 Mongabay
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Cause of death and perpetrators are not stated in the sources reviewed. Mongabay
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Mongabay reported that an Ecuadorian indigenous leader went missing on 28 November 2014 and was found dead in early December, days before he was due at COP20.
The sources reviewed link him to opposition to the Mirador copper mine of EcuaCorriente (CRCC-Tongguan).
The sources reviewed find no prosecution in the case.
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
- None on record Cause of death, perpetrators and any investigation are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether the Mirador mine went ahead or is operating.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
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