Canadian mining firm at centre of Mexican murder probe

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 | Published in Mexico

Three men with links to a Canadian mining company have been charged in the killing of a Mexican activist, threatening already strained relations between the countries on the eve of a visit to the same region by Governor-General Michaëlle Jean.

  • A spokesman for Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration Ltd. confirmed that an employee, a former employee and a one-time company contractor were arrested in the Nov. 27 murder of Mariano Abarca Robledo, who had led local opposition against Blackfire’s barite mine in Chicomuselo, Chiapas.

- [theglobeandmail.com]

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