Guatemala lawyer who defended rural and Indigenous people killed in attack

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A Guatemalan lawyer who worked closely with organizations representing farmworker and Indigenous groups has been killed in an apparent ambush

A Guatemalan lawyer who worked closely with organizations representing farmworkers and Indigenous groups was killed in an apparent ambush, human rights organizations said Thursday. José Domingo was with two members of the United Farmworkers Committee when they were shot by a group of men Wednesday south of the capital, said Daniel Pascual, a leader of that organization. Guatemalan authorities had not commented on the attack. The other two men were wounded, one seriously, Pascual said.

“It was an ambush, the crime was planned and premeditated,” Pascual said. “Common criminals don’t act that way.” Domingo had defended the farmworker organization in a number of cases, as well as other Indigenous groups. “We can’t separate this attack from politics, because the two men who were with him are members of the ,” Pascual said. He said Domingo helped their members defend against efforts to kick them off their land and helped them get clean titles to their property.

 

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