Abel Barrera Hernández is Founder and Director of Tlachinollan: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña, in the Mountain region of Guerrero, Mexico, and 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureate.
Salvador G. Sarmiento is Advocacy Officer at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights.
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