Homero Gomez Gonzalez, a former logger who became one of central Mexico's most prominent defenders of the region's monarch butterfly population, was found dead on Wednesday. Gomez Gonzalez disappeared on January 13, sending a shock wave through communities of environmental conservationists in the United States and Mexico. Almost immediately, his fellow activists suspected loggers and criminal groups whom Gomez Gonzalez may have upset in his conservation efforts. KEVIN SIEFF/WASHINGTON POST Every year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate to the same remote stretch of forest in central Mexico. KEVIN SIEFF/WASHINGTON POST Monarch butterflies light on trees in the Rosario sanctuary in December 2019.

Source: Stuff January 30, 2020 07:18 UTC