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A human rights defender pitted against a miner's targeted violence

Mariano Abarca was brazenly murdered in daylight in 2009, after speaking out against a local mining project.

Mexico began prosecuting 116 people in the Ayotzinapa case

Mexico City, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican government has already began judicial proceedings against 116 people for the disappearance of the 43 student teachers of Ayotzinapa in 2014, the Undersecretary of the Interior, Alejandro Encinas, reported today.

Justice for Mariano Abarca

Environmentalists like Mariano Abarca face tremendous oppression from foreign-owned mining companies. This means, inevitably, that they face the wrath of Canadian companies, given that Canada-based companies make up 41 percent of the largest firms in Latin America. Community activists who oppose Canadian mines are frequently harassed, intimidated, or killed.

Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body

OTTAWA Family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project are taking their case to an international human rights body.