http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20575987
Police say 2 gunmen riding a moto...blasted leading landless activist Vidal Vega...4 times with a shotgun and also a pistol...killing him outside his home in Curuguaty.
Vegas, 48...was helping in the investigation of the deaths of 11 peasants and 6 police during a botched June eviction from land peasants claim was illegally confiscated.
The deadly clash eventually cost President Lugo his position.
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