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Joe Parkin Daniels

Shock in Colombia over murder of 14-year-old indigenous activist

Breiner David Cucuñame.
Breiner David Cucuñame. Photograph: Twitter/ParquesColombia

A 14-year old indigenous activist has been murdered in Colombia, prompting horror and shock at the latest in a spate of killings of environmentalists and social leaders in the South American country.

Breiner David Cucuñame was shot dead on Friday while on patrol with the Indigenous Guard, an unarmed group which seeks to protect indigenous lands from incursions by the country’s many armed groups.

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