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Nina Lakhani in Mexico City

Fears mount over safety of two missing Mexican environmental activists

The two land rights activists were traveling toward Colima after attending an anti-mining meeting.
The two land rights activists were traveling toward Colima after attending an anti-mining meeting. Photograph: Miguel Sierra/EPA

Fears are mounting for the safety of two missing Mexican land rights activists after their vehicle was found ridden with bullet holes.

Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca, a human rights lawyer and environmentalist and Antonio Díaz Valencia, leader of the Aquila Indigenous community in Michoacán, were last seen on Sunday evening travelling toward the neighbouring state of Colima after attending an anti-mining community meeting.

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