Three social activists belonging to CODEDI were killed, after a group of representatives of this organization had come to the capital to hold a meeting with Governor to discuss the political situation in Oaxaca. The three defenders killed were identified as Alejandro Antonio Diaz Cruz, Ignacio Basilio Ventura Martinez and Luis Angel Martinez. For more than 20 years, CODEDI, organization that they were representing, has been defending the rights to the autonomy and territory of indigenous peoples against dispossession, especially against the interests of mining and hydroelectric companies in communities in the southern highlands, central valleys and the coast of Oaxaca.