Linda Oneida Suárez Sánchez is a teacher and environmental defender and founder of the departmental chapter of Resistance to Mining and Extractivism in Santander Department. Connected to the national coordination of the Colombia Free of Fracking Alliance, she accompanies communities in opposition to fracking projects in the Magdalena Medio region. Linda was recently warned to remain silent or face death. Contentious at this moment is a proposed fossil fuel extraction project of the Ecopetrol company in the Magdalena Medio region. Environmental defenders attended a licensing hearing in February to register their opposition to the project. Retaliation against outspoken movement leaders is common. Ecopetrol has been making statements that stigmatize movement leaders with false accusations. Heightening the danger is the significant presence of illegal armed groups in the Magdalena Medio region.
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