Homero Gomez, Monarch Conservation Activist Missing, Feared Disappeared In Michoacan, Mexico

A conservation activist in Mexico is thought to have been kidnapped due to his activities protecting Monarch butterflys in Western Mexico.

The activist was alleging in various articles, forums and interviews that Illegal logging connected to US and Canadian timbre companies was causing the disappearance of butterflies. Environmental damage is often caused by foreign corporations who do not live in the communities whose environment they destroy.

Story in Spanish here: Reuters