Find a Grave Homero Gómez González (1969-2020)

Find a Grave Homero Gómez González (1969-2020), Homero Gómez González Find a Grave, Homero Gómez González Grave Find, Homero Gómez González death. Homero Gómez González was a Mexican environmental activist, agricultural engineer, and politician.

He was the manager of El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve. Gómez served as mayor and commissioner of El Rosario, Michoacán. He came from a logging family and was a logger before becoming an environmental and anti-logging activist.

He was a skeptic of conservation efforts, fearful that ending logging activities would lead to poverty. He studied at Chapingo Autonomous University and became an agricultural engineer. Gómez later saw the potential for tourism and formulated the idea of a sanctuary.

He collaborated with conservationists at the World Wildlife Fund and scientists. By the early 2000s, Gómez stopped logging and convinced others when the impacts of deforestation became apparent. Logging is now illegal in Rosario. He became the mayor and commissioner of El Rosario and was succeeded by Miguel Angel Cruz. Gómez managed and served as spokesperson of the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve, a component of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.

What happened to Homero Gomez Gonzalez?

He worked with the government to increase the stipend local farmers could receive for preserving trees. Gómez managed 150 hectares of reforested land. He encouraged 260 communal land owners to reforest corn fields. He was a representative of the ejido in El Rosario. Gómez was last seen alive on 13 January 2020 attending a meeting in the village of El Soldado.

Homero Gómez González Death

His received phone calls from individuals claiming to have kidnapped him, asking for ransom payments. More than two weeks after his disappearance, his body was found in an agricultural reservoir in Ocampo. Because of his work combating illegal logging, it has been speculated that he may have been targeted by organized criminals. Shortly after Gómez’s body was recovered, the body of Raúl Hernández Romero was found. Hernández was a tour guide at the same reserve as Gómez.

Find a Grave Homero Gómez González (1969-2020)