‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people

world • 9/16/2025

Julia Chuñil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communities

One day last November, Julia Chuñil called for her dog, Cholito, and they set off into the woods around her home to search for lost livestock. The animals returned but Chuñil, who was 72 at the time, and Cholito did not. More than 100 people joined h... [3970 chars]