Saúl Robles Aragón

Saúl Robles Aragón is a campesino, representative of the Community Assembly of the Chontal Indigenous Community El Coyul, member of the Regional Coordination of the Assembly of Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defence of Land and Territory (APIIDTT) and a human rights and land defender. Since 2022, he has been a representative of the Sociedad Agrícola Ganadera El Coyul which represent two hundred and twenty-one families. The families have defended 1,452 hectares of land with rainforest, lagoons and beaches since 1972, land from which they have been dispossessed since December 2023. Due to his work as a representative and spokesperson in defence of the territory and ecosystem of the indigenous territory, he has been a victim of threats, harassment and criminalisation.