Mexico: Indigenous Leader Assassinated In Oaxaca

Mexico: Indigenous Leader Assassinated In Oaxaca   Translated from Spanish, Original Below   At approximately 2:20 pm on Friday, October 22 was shot and killed the Indian leader Catarino Torres Pereda, in the offices of the Citizens' Defense Committee (CODECI) located in the City Tuxtepec, Oaxaca.   A pair of 2 armed men broke into these offices to shoot at close range against the official 37-year-old from the Cacahautal, Ojitlan, Oaxaca.   Today the leader will be buried after being watched...

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