On July 18th 2017 Walter Aduviri Calizaya (or Walter Aduviri Calisaya), Peruvian community leader, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay a 2 million sol fine (over $600,000) because of his alleged role in the ‘Aymarazo’ protests against Bear Creek Mining Corporation's silver mine on the Peru-Bolivia border in 2011. Walter Aduviri is one of the 100 Aymara community members and leaders who had criminal investigations brought against them after the ‘Aymarazo’ protests. They had all been equally charged with obstruction of public services, disturbing the peace, and aggravated extortion. Only Aduviri was found guilty, for the charge of disturbing the peace. Aymara population at large have struggled with a dominant public narrative stigmatizing the Aymara population as alleged “criminals” or with labels such as "anti-development", according to local organizations.