Urgent Action: Indigenous environmental rights defender killed
Julián Carrillo was shot death on 24 October, after receiving several death threats for his work defending the territory of his Indigenous community in Mexico. He is the latest death in a series of killings, including several members of his family and Indigenous authorities. The community fears that other attacks could take place.
Take action
Please write immediately in Spanish or your own language to the Mexican authorities:
- Urging them to conduct a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation of Julián Carrillo’s killing, taking into account the possibility of the attack being in retaliation for his activities as an environmental, land and territory defender;
- Calling them to take all measures to guarantee the safety of Julián Carrillo’s family members and the Coloradas de la Virgen community in accordance with their wishes and consent, including a prompt risk assement of the community;
- Demanding them to take immediate steps to overcome the structural causes behind the threats, killings and attacks faced by human rights defenders in the Coloradas de la Virgen community.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 6 DECEMBER 2018 TO:
Governor of Chihuahua
Javier Corral Jurado
Av. Independencia 209
Zona Centro, 31000
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Fax: +52 614 429 3300 EXT 11100
Email:despachodelejecutivo@chihuahua.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear Governor of Chihuahua / Estimado Gobernador de Chihuahua
Chihuahua Attorney General Office
César Augusto Peniche Espejel
Avenida Paseo Bolívar 704
Zona Centro, 31000
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tel: +52 614 429 3330 EXT 11402
Email: despacho.fiscalia@chihuahua.gob.mx
Twitter: @Fiscalia_Chih
Salutation: Dear Attorney General / Estimado Fiscal
And copies to:
Vice Minister of the Interior
Rafael Adrirán Avante Juárez
Bucareli 99, Colonia Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc, 06600, Mexico
Tel:+5128 00 00 EXT 16109, 16114, 16163
Email: ravante@segob.gob.mx
Twitter: @SEGOB_MX
Salutation: Dear Vice-Minister / Estimado Señor Subsecretario
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
HIS EXCELLENCY MR JULIÁN VENTURA, Head of Mission Embassy of Mexico, 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD Phone: 020 7499 8586 E-Mail: mexuk@sre.gob.mx twitter: @Embamexru
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.