Guatemalan land defender Julio David González Arango, a leader in the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine, was shot and wounded on January 16, 2021. The attack against González occurred at his small store that sells meats and dairy. The attacker pretended to be a customer and shot him when González went out to attend to him. Since the attack, two other members of the peaceful resistance have received threatening messages saying they’ll be next. Threats against the members of the Xinka Parliament have been reported since 2019 and 2020. For more than two years, the Xinka have called on the company to respect the court ordered suspension and halt all mining activities, including community programs, which they say stoke tensions and undermine their ability to freely participate in the consultation process.