José Trinidad Baldenegro
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Human rights defender José Trinidad Baldenegro was shot to death as he left his home to go to work on March 7, 2022. His family heard gunshots from their house, and as they went out to see what was happening, they saw a group of armed people. Minutes later, eight men approached the house and warned them to leave if they didn't want to be killed. The family left the house, without taking anything with them, and fled to the mountains. Hours later, they found out their home was put on fire. The Baldenegro family has been threatened and displaced from the community where they live in Guadalupe y Calvo for defending their lands and forests from illegal mining and logging.