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Environmental activist shot to death in Honduras 6 months after activist brother slain

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By MARLON GONZÁLEZ
Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — An environmental activist has been reported killed by unidentified gunmen in northern Honduras six months after his younger brother and another activist were slain in a similar attack. A family member and an enviornmenta group say Oquelí Domínguez was shot by two men on a motorcycle at his family’s home in Tocoa on Thursday morning.  Police have not commented on the attack. Older brother Reynaldo Domínguez says police seemed to be steering the investigation toward a possible robbery, which he discounted. In January, brother Aly Domínguez and activist Jairo Bonilla were also shot to death. Bonilla and all three Domínguez brothers were well-known defenders of the nearby Carlos Escaleras National Park.

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