Latin America: murders of activists and environmentalists 2020, by country
activists were murdered in Colombia in that year. Small-scale farmers, indigenous and afro-descendent people were the main targets of these crimes. Meanwhile, in Mexico, at least 30 environmentalists were killed. Argentina also made it into this infamous list, with one environmentalist or activist murdered, after recording no such cases a year earlier.
In 2020, Colombia was the deadliest Latin American country for land activists and environmental defenders. Up to 65 such