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Urgent Action: Stop Murders and Threats Against Mexican Activists Fighting Mining Abuses in Chiapas
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The night of November 27th, Mariano Abarca Roblero, an activist against mining in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, was murdered. Mr. Abarca was an important member of the community who had suffered threats, prison and violence due to his opposition to the environmentally harmful mining activities of Blackfire Exploration. Please use the draft letter below to send your own letter calling on the government of Chiapas to investigate this murder, protect all other activists, and suspend Blackfire Exploration’s mining permits.

Mexico, Blackfire, Linear Gold
Activist Accused of Affecting Canadian Company Freed in Chiapas, Mexico
Friday, August 28, 2009

(Thank you to all who took the time to send letters, make phone calls and spread the word to get Mariano released. We succeeded!)

by Isain Mandujano, published on Proceso.com.mx [translated by Sandra Cuffe]

Mexico, Human Rights, Blackfire, Linear Gold
Urgent Action: Kidnapping of Opponent of Canadian Mines in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Update (August 19, 2009): Mariano Abarca is safe and sound. Thank you to all who responded to the urgent action.

According to the latest reports, Mariano Abarca is being held by the Public Ministry in Tuxtla Gutiérrez; the armed men who abducted him seem to have been undercover police.

Mexico, Human Rights, Blackfire, Linear Gold
Canadian Mining in Mexico: Made in Canada Violence
Friday, April 20, 2007

Written by Mandeep Dhillon in Vancouver, with help from Antoine Libert Amico

Mexico, Chesapeake Gold, Endeavor Silver, Horseshoe Gold, Linear Gold, Metallica Resources, New Gold, Pinnacle

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