Two wounded by Canadian Mine’s gunmen in Ocotlán, Oaxaca

Two wounded by Canadian Mine’s gunmen in Ocotlán, Oaxaca
January 18, 2012



This denouncement was received by urgent notice of our social networks:

“Our comrades of the Coordinated United Peoples of Ocotlán Valley (CPUVO) inform us that they have experienced the following repression in the community of San José del Progreso, two people have sustained gunshot wounds: Bernardo Méndez Vásquez and Abigail Vásquez, at the hands of gunmen hired by Fortuna Silver-Minera Cuzcatlán, in San José del Progreso, Ocotlán, Oaxaca; in collusion with the Municipal President. This occurred when the victims sought to halt the construction of hydraulic pumps in their community that would give the mining company access to consume the region’s water supply. These comrades are reported to be in critical condition.”

The Sixth National Assembly of Environmental Victims was held in Ocotlán.
The photos are of those who have defended the mine:




ORIGINAL IN SPANISH:

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