Fredy Garcia, a land and human rights defender from Azacualpa, Honduras, is in danger for opposing the transnational mining company Aura Minerals/MINOSA. People have been showing up at this home, looking for him and threatening him.
These threats are happening after Fredy García reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office that he had received death threats from Jacobo Paz, community relations manager for Aura Minerals/MINOSA, and Dimar Miranda Pérez, a contractor for the mining company.
The threats came after Fredy García, together with his community, stopped Aura/MINOSA from exploiting and destroying the water reservoir that supplies the community of La Ceibita.
For over 15 years, Aura Minerals has been operating a mountain-top removal, cyanide leaching gold mine in western Honduras.
Rights Action Archives:
https://rightsaction.org/aura-minerals-archives
Send letters of protest to Aura Minerals / MINOSA, with copies to the US and Canadian embassies in Honduras
Aura Minerals/MINOSA
info@auraminerals.com, +1 305-239-9332, www.auraminerals.com
Rodrigo Barbosa, President & CEO, rbarbosa@auraminerals.com
João Kleber Cardoso, kcardoso@auraminerals.com
Richmond Fenn, rfenn@auraminerals.com
Monty Reed, mreed@auraminerals.com
Paula Gerber, pgerber@auraminerals.com
Glauber Luvizotto, gluvizotto@auraminerals.com
Stephen Keith, snskeith@gmail.com
Philip Reade, philip.reade@outlook.com
More information
Bufete de Estudios para la Dignidad, sanjuanvic@yahoo.com, direccion@bufetedignidad.org, https://www.facebook.com/EstudiosparalaDignidad
