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Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender
The court said the killing was tied to illegal logging, and ordered prison terms of 15 to 35 years plus compensation for the victim’s heirs.
- On Monday, a Peruvian court convicted four men of murder-for-hire in the 2023 killing of Quinto Inuma Alvarado, sentencing them to between 15 and 35 years in prison.
- Prosecutors argued that timber operator Segundo Juan Villalobos Guevara ordered the killing because Inuma had spent years denouncing illegal logging and encroachment on his community's territory in the Amazon's San Martin region.
- The trial spanned nearly eight months, and the court ordered 750,000 soles in compensation for Inuma's legal heirs and 250,000 soles for Axeldina Barbarán Tapullima, who survived the attack.
- Legal experts called the ruling an "exemplary sentence" setting a precedent for environmental defender cases, while Kevin Arnol Inuma, the leader's son, said the verdict showed "impunity for killings of Indigenous defenders is not inevitable."
- Violence against Indigenous defenders persists, as Asháninka leader Américo Pascuala Tomisha was shot dead Sunday while patrolling his territory in Peru's Amazonian Ucayali region, prompting regional organizations to call for strengthened protections.
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Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender
A Peruvian court has convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Kichwa leader and rainforest defender.
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