1 Dead, 3 Missing in Attack on Nicaragua Indigenous Miners

1 Dead, 3 Missing in Attack on Nicaragua Indigenous Miners
A miner enters the El Comal gold and silver mine to help with rescue operations after a landslide trapped at least 24 miners inside, in Bonanza, Nicaragua, on Aug. 29, 2014. Esteban Felix/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua—One member of an Indigenous community in Nicaragua was killed and three others were missing after assailants shot at them on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast, activists said Wednesday.

Environmentalist Amaru Ruiz, director of the Del Río Foundation, suggested it was the latest attack by settlers who have invaded Indigenous lands. The Nicaraguan army and national police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.