The human rights defender Marco Antonio Suástegui Muñoz died on Friday April 25 after being shot as many as eight times on Good Friday April 18 as he was finishing work as a tourist service provider on Icacos beach in the Costa Azul subdivision of the city of Acapulco, Guerrero.
Suástegui Muñoz was a spokesperson for the Council of Ejidos and Communities Opposed to the La Parota Dam (CECOP) and a leader of Tourists United in the Defense and Rescue of Icacos Beach (TUDERPI), took place on Sunday April 27 in Cacahuatepec, rural Acapulco. His commitment cost him three imprisonments, constant threats, the disappearance of his brother Vicente in 2021, and finally his life.
Abel Barrera, director of Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre, said that the attack against Marco Antonio ‘shows that there is a pattern of attacks against community and territory defenders, which the (government) authorities do not investigate’. Marco Antonio ‘was an icon of resistance, of struggle, of the dignity of the peoples, who rebuked power; he pointed out those responsible, however, they did not investigate and let the attacks go as far as depriving him of his life.’
Read full article pubished by PBI Canada Mexican environmental defender Suástegui Muñoz who opposed the CFE La Parota dam and challenged the Navy-backed Maribús project is killed
