Peru court jails four men for up to 35 years for murder of Indigenous Amazon defender

A Peruvian court has convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Kichwa leader and Amazon rainforest defender. The verdict marks a rare conviction in a case involving violence against environmental and Indigenous rights advocates in Peru. The victim was killed in 2023 while defending his community's lands.