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24 Apr 2014

Author:
Rights Action (US & Canada)

Daughter Killed, Father Wounded in Gun Attack Likely Linked to Tahoe Resources (Goldcorp Inc.) Mine in Guatemala

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…Below is a letter to [Guatemala’s] Attorney General…asking for investigation of the attack…against Alex Reynoso and his daughter, Topacio Reynoso, in which Topacio was killed. Alex is still in intensive care. Both…were active in the…resistance to the Tahoe mine…Both father and daughter are activists in the Peaceful Resistance...to Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine in neighboring San Rafael Las Flores. Goldcorp holds 40% of Tahoe Resources' shares and the Escobal project is operated locally by Tahoe's subsidiary, Minera San Rafael…The Reynoso family has been at the forefront of the region-wide struggle in defense of the right to prior consultation, self-determination and human rights since the arrival of Tahoe Resources…in 2010...[Increased] police and military presence in the area impacted by this mining conflict has not contributed to greater security for or less violence against human rights defenders…

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Guatemala: NGOs call for investigation after daughter killed & father wounded in attack allegedly linked to Tahoe Resources mine

Guatemala: ONG piden investigación en caso de muerte de una hija y heridas al padre en ataque presuntamente ligado a la minera Tahoe Resources