Update: A lynch mob has murdered a Canadian man they thought was the killer of the holistic healer elder, but now authorities say it may be another man altogether and her student (murdered) may have nothing to do with it. See both videos below.

It appears as if holistic healers are being found dead or assassinated around the world now.

With this new death, this makes 89 in the series. You can read about them all here. These deaths have all happened in well under 3 years.

Our heart goes out to family and loved ones, some of whom witnessed this gruesome cold-blooded murder, of the world-famous traditional healer and elder Olivia Arévalo Lomas of the Shipibo Konibo Indigenous people of Peru. She was assassinated yesterday with five shots to the heart. “The unknown assailants killed her at her home in the community of Victoria Gracia located 20 minutes from the town of Yarinacocha, in front of her family and in the presence of children.”

As you can see below, other holistic healers’ lives have been threatened too.

The website Telesur said of the murder:

“Arevalo Lomas was a staunch defender of Indigenous people’s rights in the region. She also served as an ikaro (‘singer’), a traditional form of singing-medicine that removes negative energies from the individual and collective. Their songs, known as Onyanya (‘plant songs’), are taught to healers through a specific dietary regime lasting roughly four years. It’s intended to immerse the singer in the healing powers of plants and help them inherit the songs.”

Daily Kos reports that this could be as a result of healer and Elder Lomas trying to protect the very environment in which she lives and might use to heal others.