Margoth Escobar

Margoth Escobar is an Ecuadorian activist for environmental and indigenous rights.
Personal life.
Escobar is a mestizo. She was born in Puyo, Pastaza.
Activism.
Escobar opposes extraction of natural resources in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
In 1975, Escobar helped create the Provincial Union of Peasant Organizations of Manabi (Unión Provincial de Organizaciones Campesinas de Manabí). It was significant in the recovering the rural lands of several families in Manabí Province.
Judicial harassment.
Escobar was accused of assaulting the director of Belorusneft, Andrey Nikonov. She was summoned by the prosecutor's office in 2014. She was accused of breaking work and terrorism.
On 13 August 2015, Escobar was beaten and arrested. It was followed a general strike and demonstration in Puyo. It had been organized by the union of trade workers and indigenous organizations. It includes Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador – Conaie (Confederation of ). The demonstrations was called for agrarian reform. It was for better access to health services, opposition to mining development, a free trade agreement with the European Union. It was also for the opposition to a proposed amendment of the Constitution of Ecuador. It would have allowed President Rafael Correa to be re-elected indefinitely. A judge ruled that she should remain in preventative detention for 30 days. It is to stop her from disturbing the peace. In December 2015, the charges were counted as baseless due to the lack of evidence.
Arson attack.
Margoth's home was destroyed by arson. It was on September 29, 2018. The house had been a meeting place for Mujeres Amazónicas. It was the Amazon Women's collective, of which she is a member. It was also known as Colectivo de Mujeres Amazonicas. It is a large indigenous group that defends the Ecuadorian .
Other Mujeres Amazónicas members are Nema Grefa, Patricia Gualinga, and Salomé Aranda. They had also been attacked and threatened. Theih group was in connection with Amnesty International. They collected and delivered over 250,000 signatures to the Attorney General of Ecuador. It was demanding progress in the stalled investigations. The signatures were delivered on 9 March 2015.