One rural worker was killed and two were injured on October 12 when an unidentified gunman…shot into to a crowd of indigenous rural workers in Guatemala City protesting against government agrarian policies …That incident follows the killing of an indigenous man on 27September…According to witness statements, [Guatemalan Nickel Company (CGN), part of HudBay Minerals] security guards hacked at a local schoolteacher, Adolfo Ich Chamán, with a machete, and then shot and killed him…Another seven people from the local community were reportedly wounded by shotgun fire in the violence…HudBay Minerals Inc. has denied threatening or carrying out any forced evictions in the area…HudBay Minerals Inc. has also stated it does not believe CGN personnel were involved in the death of Adolfo Ich Chamán.