Jyri Jaakkola

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1977 –

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Who is Jyri Jaakkola?

Jyri Antero Jaakkola was a Finnish human rights activist. He was on his way to San Juan Copala, a village of indigenous Trique people that has declared itself autonomous, as a human rights observer when he was shot dead by UBISORT, a paramilitary organization connected to Institutional Revolutionary Party. In the attack Alberta Cariño, an activist for the local organization CACTUS, was also shot dead and more than ten people were wounded.

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Born
Feb 11, 1977
Joensuu
Died
May 6, 2024

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on July 23, 2013

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