The authorities in Honduras last week filed criminal charges against senior officials of Entremares – a wholly-owned subsidiary of mining giant Goldcorp - based on evidence from aid agency CAFOD of severe water contamination. The data gathered at the San Martin gold mine...revealed dangerously high acidity and metal concentrations in water flowing into a local stream. The information uncovered by CAFOD...was not disclosed or acted upon by the Honduran Government’s department for mineral resources or Goldcorp...Charges have been filed against two executives from Entremares for contaminating water and damage to the environment...Goldcorp...has consistently denied that the San Martin mine has caused environmental damage...Communities in the Siria Valley have also complained of health problems...Goldcorp denies that the health problems are a result of their operations.