Mexican Activist Documenting Homicides in Leon Murdered

Adolfo Enríquez, who became a voice for the victims of violence in one of Mexico's deadliest cities, was shot dead, marking the latest in a series of crimes against activists.

• Adolfo Enríquez, an activist who documented murders in Leon, a city in north-central Guanajuato state, Mexico, was killed.
• Enríquez was known for his simple, moving tally of each murder in Leon, and he himself became murder victim number 56 in November.
• Local media reported that Enríquez was shot to death after leaving a restaurant, and the attacker fled on a motorcycle.
• Leon, an industrial hub, has been the scene of bloody turf battles between the Jalisco drug cartel and local gangs backed by the Sinaloa cartel.
• Crimes against activists in Mexico are common, with six volunteer search activists who looked for disappeared relatives having been killed in Mexico since 2021.

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