Guatemala: Mayan Women Victims Of Gang Rapes Announce Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company ...

Guatemala: Mayan Women Victims Of Gang Rapes Announce Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company Hudbay Minerals   Rosa Elbira Coc Ich, and ten other indigenous Mayan Q'eqchi' women, announced today a lawsuit brought against Canadian mining company HMI Nickel, and its corporate owner, HudBay Minerals, relating to rapes suffered by them near the town of El Estor, Guatemala.   On January 17, 2007, the eleven women were gang-raped by mining company security personnel, police and military during the...

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