Butterfly Man

O Homero Gómez.


Homero Gómez, defensor de la mariposa monarca #Michoacán

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"His death has sparked fears among fellow activists who didn’t have his education and public speaking skills.

'A lot of the communal land owners fear that with his death, the forests are finished,' said Amado Gómez.

'I would like to ask the authorities to do their job and do more to protect activists like my brother, because lately in Mexico a lot of activists have died,' he said. 'With his death, not only my family lost a loved one; but the whole world, and the monarch butterfly and the forests lost, too.'”

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"The prosecutor said Gómez’s relatives had received a ransom call demanding money, but an investigation determined it was not credible and just an attempt to extort money.

While the circumstances of the death remain unclear, Greenpeace Mexico issued a statement calling it a 'murder.'

'We condemn the fact that defending the land, natural resources and biodiversity converts activists into targets for threats, persecution and the cowardly act of taking their lives,' the group said."

~ M. Stevenson

https://time.com/5775034/mexico-butterfly-activist/