Eugenio García, an indigenous farmer from the Cerritos community in Izabal department, was shot dead on 27 September while on his way to cultivate his plot of land. He was a member of the Cerrito Small Farmers Development Association (la Asociación Campesina de Desarrollo de los Cerritos) which has been the subject of a series of threats and attacks in recent months, as it put pressure on the government to grant its members the right to occupy and use state land.
