Isidro Baldenegro López (c. 1966 – 15 January 2017) was a farmer and community leader of Mexico's indigenous Tarahumara people in Sierra Madre and an environmental activist who fought against unregulated logging in his region.
[3][4] He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his nonviolent efforts to defend old growth forests from devastating logging.
Goldman Environmental Foundation's president said that Baldenegro's "relentless work organizing peaceful protests against illegal logging in the Sierra Madre mountains helped protect the forests, lands and rights of his people.
[1] The Guardian noted that his death came just months after Berta Cáceres, who also won the Goldman Environmental Prize, was assassinated.
[citation needed] Organizers of the Goldman Environmental Prize stated they "denounce his murder in the strongest possible terms" and called on the Government of Mexico "to conduct a speedy, independent and transparent investigation into his death, and to do all within its powers to bring the perpetuators to justice.