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The "fifth power": transnational mining [Mexico]
…[T]ransnational capital, found mainly in mining companies…have in recent years been granted concessions covering nearly a quarter of national territory …Throughout [Mexico] we see the negative impact of extreme extractivism, to the detriment of the territory of indigenous peoples…One of the most recent examples is the Zapotec community of…Ocotlán…[T]his year the Ocotlán Valley United Peoples Coalition has reported two crimes and accuses the [Minera Cuzcatlan, part of Fortuna Silver] mining company, in conjunction with the…local government of using armed groups against opponents of the mine…The United Nations has spent more than two decades…examin[ing] the relationship between indigenous peoples and extractive industries from a human rights perspective…This approach fails to focus on binding rules that encourage the application of international human rights standards…