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La Puya: Attempt to Ingress Machinery

Local leaders Alvaro Sandoval (left), Miriam Pixtun (second from right) and Yolanda Oquelí (far right on the phone), contemplate the presence of roughly 300 police officers, mostly female, who escorted machinery from local contractor Transportes y Maquinaria, S.A. (Transmac) in an attempt to ingress heavy machinery at the request of EXMINGUA, local subsidiary of Nevada-based mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Assocaites (KCA). After a lengthy standoff, the machinery was not allowed to enter by the local community members and the police officers retreated just before sunset. Since March 2nd, 2012, local neighbors from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc have maintained a blockade into the Tambor gold mine owned by KCA. Community members participating in the peaceful resistance claim the industrial activity in their territories as illegal since they were not appropriately consulted before the mine began operations. La Puya, San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. April 9, 2014.

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Local leaders Alvaro Sandoval (left), Miriam Pixtun (second from right) and Yolanda Oquelí (far right on the phone), contemplate the presence of roughly 300 police officers, mostly female, who escorted machinery from local contractor Transportes y Maquinaria, S.A. (Transmac) in an attempt to ingress heavy machinery at the request of EXMINGUA, local subsidiary of Nevada-based mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Assocaites (KCA). After a lengthy standoff, the machinery was not allowed to enter by the local community members and the police officers retreated just before sunset. Since March 2nd, 2012, local neighbors from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc have maintained a blockade into the Tambor gold mine owned by KCA. Community members participating in the peaceful resistance claim the industrial activity in their territories as illegal since they were not appropriately consulted before the mine began operations. La Puya, San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. April 9, 2014.