José Albino Cañas Ramírez, a defender of Indigenous territories, aged 44

Mongabay
Feb 20, 2026, 4:46 pm189 ptsTrendingTop
José Albino Cañas Ramírez did not die in a war zone, though war had shaped the landscape where he lived. He was shot at his home in the community of Portachuelo, in Colombia’s Caldas department, on the evening of February 16. Two men came to the shop he ran from his house, opened fire, and fled along the…

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