Draft:Tortuguita

Manuel Esteban Paez Terán
Born1996 (1996)
Died( 2023-01-18)January 18, 2023
Cause of death Law enforcement killing
Known forInvolvement in Stop Cop City movement
MovementAnarchism in the United States

Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, was a Venezuelan environmental activist and eco-anarchist. They were shot and killed by Georgia State Patrol Troopers during a raid of the Stop Cop City forest encampment in Atlanta, Georgia on January 18, 2023.

Terán was born in Venezuela, and raised in Aruba, England, Russia, Egypt, Venezuela, Panamá and the United States. They were involved in activist organizations and movements both in Tallahassee, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. These include Food Not Bombs, the Industrial Workers of the World, aiding organize the first successful unionization of a Florida Starbucks, and most notably Stop Cop City.


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