Peru court upholds 28 years in prison for loggers in Indigenous murders

Mongabay
Sep 26, 2025, 3:59 pm129 ptsTrending
After 11 years, the Alto Tamaya Saweto community has finally received confirmation of convictions in the 2014 murders of Indigenous Ashéninka leaders Edwin Chota, Jorge Ríos, Leoncio Quintanísima and Francisco Pinedo. The killings occurred along the Peru-Brazil border, where the leaders had been actively…

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