Alberta Cariño

Alberta "Bety" Cariño Trujillo, was a Mexican human rights defender who was murdered on April 27 2010.

Alberta Cariño
DiedApril 27 2010
NationalityMixtec
CitizenshipMexican
OrganizationMexican Network of People Affected by Mining
Known forHuman rights work

Activism

Cariño was the director of the Centro de Apoyo Comunitario Trabajando Unidos (CACTUS) community organization, based in Oaxaca, Mexico.[1]

Cariño was Mixtec and an advocate for food sovereignty, community water management, soil conservation and the right to autonomy for indigenous peoples in Mexico.[2][3] As part of her work with CACTUS, she worked to organize women's collectives in northern Oaxaca. She was one of the leaders of CACTUS forced to temporarily flee Oaxaca in December 2006 after government repression in response to the 2006 Oaxaca protests.[4]

Cariño and Mariano Abarca (assassinated in 2009[5]) co-founded the Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining in 2008.[6]

Murder

On April 27, 2010, she was killed when paramilitaries ambushed a caravan on its way to the indigenous autonomous community of San Juan Copala. The caravan, including local and international human rights observers, was delivering food to the community which has been under a blockade from paramilitaries allied with the state government.[1][7] The gunmen also killed Jyri Jaakkola, a Finnish human rights activist, and more than ten people were wounded.

See also

References
  1. "Take Action for Sang-gyun Han". Front Line Defenders. July 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. "Testimony by Bety Cariño to the Front Line Dublin Platform, February 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2010.
  3. "'Food Fight' Café at Seomra Spraoi 22nd April - Indymedia Ireland". www.indymedia.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  4. "OAXACA, MEXICO: "What's wrong with that?" | Christian Peacemaker Teams". cpt.org. Archived from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  5. Wells, Jennifer (2019-03-24). "Opinion | Murder of Mexican mining protester throws spotlight on role of Canada's embassies". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  6. "Quienes somos | REMA" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  7. Lakhani, Nina. "Mexico promises justice for unsolved murders". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
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