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Afro Colombian Activist Francia Márquez Mina Survives Attack
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Afro Colombian Activist Francia Márquez Mina Survives Attack

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May 11, 2019
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Award-winning Afro Colombian activist Francia Márquez Mina survived an assassination attempt on May 4 as she prepared to meet with government officials to discuss a treaty established with the Minga Indigenous people. Márquez Mina, who won the Goldman Environmental Prize award in 2018, was with a group of activists in the northern Cauca region of Colomb…

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