{
  "id": 7687779,
  "title": "Latin America Accounted for 85% of Environmental Defender Killings in 2025, Report Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/latin-america-accounted-for-85-of-environmental-defender-killings-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:20:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/ap/20260916-348916/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed around the world last year, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths as conflicts over land and natural resources continued to put Indigenous people and small-scale farmers at risk, according to a report released Wednesday.",
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        "published": "2026-09-15T18:30:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/latin-america-accounted-for-85-of-environmental-defender-killings-in",
        "published": "2026-09-15T23:02:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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