Gold, Impunity, Violence in El Salvador The Real News Network go to original August 13, 2009
Assassination of anti-mining resistance leader Marcelo Rivera part of terror campaign against activists
A 37-year-old teacher, community center founder, and anti-mining activist is found tortured and assassinated in Northern El Salvador. Authorities, despite all evidence to the contrary, attribute the death to common gang violence. In the following weeks, other critics of mining are victims of death threats, attempted kidnappings and shootings. Communities plunged into fear not seen since the Civil War of the 1980s place the blame on the presence of Pacific Rim, a Canadian gold mining company.
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