Overview

• Colombia led with 48 killings, followed by Guatemala with 20, Mexico with 18 and Brazil with 12, with Guatemala registering the highest per‑capita rate.
• The tally includes four disappearances — one each in Chile, Honduras, Mexico and the Philippines — which the report now distinguishes separately from killings.
• Indigenous peoples suffered about one‑third of lethal attacks worldwide despite comprising roughly 6% of the global population, and small‑scale farmers made up 35% of victims in Latin America.
• Most cases were tied to land conflicts and extractive projects, including 29 linked to mining, eight to logging and four to agribusiness, with over 62% connected to land or land reform.
• Identified perpetrators included organized crime in 42 cases, private security or paramilitary forces in 17 and hired hitmen in 13, alongside a rise in non‑lethal repression such as abductions and criminalization.