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13 Jun 2012

Author:
Amnesty International

Anti-Mining Activist Shot, Wounded [Guatemala]

On 13 June…Yolanda Oquelí…after taking part in a protest outside a mine site in San José del Golfo...[was attacked] …with a pistol…[She] is an activist and leader of the organization Northern Front of the Metropolitan Area (Frente Norte del Área Metropolitana, FRENAM) which has been protesting against the negative effects of a mining project in her community…[because they] claim that it will pollute the water supply, and that local communities were not consulted about its potential impact. The mine is operated by Exploraciones Mineras de Guatemala, S.A. (EXMIGUA), a local wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian company Radius Gold Inc…