Óscar Eyraud Adams

Óscar Eyraud Adams (c. 1986 – 24 September 2020) was a Mexican indigenous activist known for campaigning in favour of water rights for the Kumeyaay tribe in Baja California and against the dispossession of water supplies by international companies.

Personal life Eyraud was born in Tecate, Baja California. He was a member of the Kumeyaay community of Juntas de Neji. Eyraud's cousin, Zulema Adams Pereyra, served as the mayor of Tecate.

Activism In 2020, Eyraud received local press attention after a video of him showing how his crops had dried up following the community water source's diversion was released. Eyraud was critical of the National Water Commission's (CONAGUA) refusal to grant the Kumeyaay community in Juntas de Neji use of a well, while at the same time granting wells to local businesses, including at least twelve to a local Heineken factory. In addition to his work on water rights, Eyraud was also a proponent of increased rights for Mexico's indigenous groups, including the right to self-determination.

Murder On 24 September 2020 Eyraud was chased down his street and shot dead outside his home in Tecate by multiple assassins driving two vehicles with tinted windscreens. Eyraud was among 30 activists killed in Mexico in 2020. Following Eyraud's murder, the Northwest National Indigenous Congress and the Northwest Regional Network of Resistance and Rebellions paid tribute to him, calling him "a social fighter for the rights of indigenous people".

The day after Eyraud's death, his brother-in-law was shot dead in a shop in Tecate.