"The body of an abducted anti-mining activist is found in western Mexico", 27 November 2023

...Authorities in western Mexico said Sunday they have found the body of anti-mining activist Higinio Trinidad de la Cruz.

Prosecutors said De la Cruz’s body was found on a rural road in the state of Jalisco near the border with the neighboring state of Colima. They said de la Cruz appeared to have been shot to death...

The group said he was an environmental and community activist in the Jalisco town of Ayotitlan. De la Cruz had opposed both illegal logging and iron ore mining that have altered the environment of the rural community...

The group also demanded protection for the inhabitants of Ayotitlan, saying it is “a community under siege by drug cartels that are plundering its lands and natural resources through illegal mining and logging”...