The Death Toll Is Rising from Ecuador’s Crackdown on Protesters
The unrest has been triggered, in part, by the targeting of environmental leaders whose work protects large swaths of the Amazon rainforest.
At least three people have been killed in Ecuador as the government further ramps up its use of force against Indigenous-led protests triggered in part by crackdowns on environmentalists, according to civil society and human rights groups.
- Rosa Elena Paqui, 61, who went into cardiac arrest following the inhalation of tear gas
- José Alberto Guamán Izama, 30, who was shot in the chest
- Efraín Fueres, 46, who was gunned down while marching in an early-morning demonstration on Sept. 28
The Ecuadorian Consulate in Washington, D.C., did not respond to requests for comment.
Author summary: Protests in Ecuador turn deadly.
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