Urgent Action: Human Rights Violations Against Anti-Mining Activist
Agustín Ríos Cruz is an odontologist (graduate of the Benito Juárez University of Oaxaca) and member of the CODEP-APPO (Coordinadora de Defensa de los Pueblos). Agustín Ríos had taken the charge of investigating the environmental impacts of mining projects, both open-pit mines and industrialized tunnel mining. His work was spurred by the presence of a number of projects developed by Canadian mining companies in the Valley of Ocotlán. These projects have proceeded without any consultation with local indigenous communities.
Posted: May 29th, 2009 under Canada, Mexico, Mining, Oil & Gas, Oaxaca.
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