Margoth Escobar is a well-known environmental and indigenous rights defender who has worked since the 1970s in the promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples from the Amazon region. Margoth is also a member of the Colectivo de Mujeres Amazonicas (Collective of Amazonian Women). The collective fights to end the negative impacts of mining and oil extractivism in the Achuar, Shuar, Waorani, Sapara and Shiwiar peoples territories, among others. As part of the work, in March 2018 women defenders part of the Colectivo de Mujeres Amazonicas met with President Lenin Moreno to demand respect for the communities’ right to a free, prior and informed consent before the implementation of any extractive project in their territory. On 29 September 2018, an arson attack was carried out at the home of woman human rights defender Margoth Escobar in Puyo, Ecuador. On 2 October 2018, the defender filled a formal complaint before the Prosecutor’s office.