Vancouver Mining Corp Shrugs Off Violence Against Guatemala’s Indigenous People Pan American Silver paves the way for ecologically and socially destructive mines, and lets communities deal with the fallout. Jen Moore Ellen Moore
July 6, 2021
On the night of April 14, gunmen fired three shots into the home of Patricia Gregorio Carranza and Manuel Arriaga Garzo in southern Guatemala. The attack followed the January attempt on the life of community leader Julio González as well as renewed threats against attorney Quelvin Jiménez and others leading the fight for the rights of the Indigenous Xinka people. Luckily Carranza and Garzo escaped unhurt. It’s assumed they were targeted by mine supporters due to their participation as Xinka representatives in the court-ordered consultation over the future of Vancouver-based Pan American Silver’s disputed Escobal silver mine, which has been suspended since June 2017.
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