[IPSM] Fwd: Eviction of indigenous people by Canadian mining company

[Ahni]

Seems business just wasn't good enough - they went back for more.  I've
posted all this and other updates at

http://intercontinentalcry.mahost.org/watch-recent-violent-eviction-in-guatemala-by-canadian-mining-company/

*ANOTHER UPDATE*

On January 16, 2007, 200 Guatemalan national police, accompanied by 2
trucks of soldiers, went again to forcibly evict the 5 places that were
forcibly evicted last week. [See attached article by Dawn Paley. See
10-minute video clip of the evictions,
http://www.rightsaction.org/video/elector, and a photo essay,
http://mimundo-jamesrodriguez.blogspot.com]
<http://mimundo-jamesrodriguez.blogspot.com%5D>

They were again accompanied by Carlos Rafael Andrade, of the attorney
general's office of the municipality of La Tinta.

These forced evictions [dating back to November 2006 - see attached
article by Grahame Russell] were requested by the CGN - Guatemalan
Nickel Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Skye Resources
nickel company.

In one of the 5 communities, Lote 8, the impoverished Mayan-Q'eqchi'
families fled into the forest, before the arrival of the police and
soldiers, who then proceeded to burn and re-burn the simple huts of
bamboo and thatched roofs - the remaining ones that had not been burned
last week.

In the community of La Paz, the soldiers and police did not burn the
huts, due to the presence of the Human Rights Ombudsman's office. In the
communities of La Pista and Revolución, the people fled into the forest
before the arrival of the soldiers and police.

In the Union community, just outside of the town of El Estor, there was
a confrontation between community members and the armed forces. The
armed forces shot tear gas canisters in to the living area, where women
and children were overcome with the fumes. A group of the community,
joined by alleged gang members from El Estor, knocked down an electrical
post, blocking one of the entries to the Union community.

Shots were fired, but there is no news of people wounded or killed. The
Town Patrollers - formed by the mayor of El Estor [Rigoberto Chub] -
arrived on the scene in 3 pick-up trucks, firing their guns into the air
and the community group dispersed. [The Town Patrollers is an illegal
para-military organization]

In the evening, the police and soldiers retreated, leaving town security
presumably in the hands of the mayor's Town Patrols. The government
office of agrarian affairs informed that there had been threats to burn
the offices of the Defensoria Q'eqchi' [AEPDI]. Based on a request from
the Defensoria Q'eqchi', the district commissioner agreed not to have
all the police retreat from the area, leaving the area with no official
security forces.

Community members of the 5 communities have said they will not re-occupy
their communities and are willing to participate in multi-party meetings
headed by the Bishop of Izabal, Monseñor Gabriel Peñate.

[Information translated by Rights Action]

P. Daniel Vogt, Director y Representante Legal, Asociación Estoreña Para
el Desarrollo Integral, AEPDI, El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala


*GUATEMALA: CANADIAN SKYE RESOURCES MINING COMPANY FORCIBLY EVICTS
Q'EQ'CHI MAYAN COMMUNITIES*

CONIC (National Campesino and Indigenous Coordination, a Rights Action
partner group) announces to the people of Guatemala and the
international community that:

1. On January 8, 2007, the GAR (private police forces) and the armed
forces violently evicted 80 Q'eq'chi families from the community of La
Pista and
228 families from La Union, in the region of El Estor, Izabal.

2. At 10AM on January 9, the community of La Revolución, also in El
Estor, Isabal, was evicted, affecting 175 Q'eq'chi families occupying
some 1800 hectares (40 caballerías).

3. The evictions took place in the absence of a public prosecutor and
without a court order. The eviction was carried out by 650 soldiers and
police, accompanied by a private gray, white and blue helicopter, which
flew low over the communities in order to intimidate the inhabitants.

4. The evicted families lost 18 homes which were burned and destroyed by
chainsaws in hands of individuals hired by the Guatemala Nickel Company
(wholly owned subsidiary of Skye Resources Inc.), which claims to own
the land on which these families live.

5. We are also concerned about the fate of the 80 families of the
community of La Paz in the region of Panzos, Alta Verapaz, which the
Guatemala Nickel Company also claims as its property. However, these
families have begun negotiations with COSIRSA, and possess documents
that will help further the process. The police have been on the scene
since 10AM today, entering homes and surrounding the community. Once
again, they do not have a court order, which makes this an extrajudicial
eviction.

This is the GANA Government's policy in the face of demands from the
Mayan and campesino communities, favouring transnational companies like
Skye Resources/ CGN which keep plundering our country's natural
resources, leaving behind only poverty, hunger and unemployment for the
Mayan peoples.

This is how we began 2007 - with violent evictions - despite the
government's propaganda to the contrary.

WE DEMAND that the government stop these evictions and make reparations
to the affected communities for the damage caused.

WE URGE THE MAYAN AND CAMPESINO COMMUNITIES to rise up in struggle and
resistance to defend our lands and our lives. Resistance and defense of
our rights is legitimate.

TO THE MAYAN AND CAMPESINO ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT IN
GENERAL, we appeal for your solidarity with the families affected by
these evictions. Let us all rise up together in our struggles.






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> From: *Miguel Pickard* <mpickard at laneta.apc.org
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> Date: Jan 24, 2007 9:52 PM
> Subject: Eviction of indigenous people by Canadian mining company
> To: martamg at laneta.apc.org <mailto:martamg at laneta.apc.org>
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> Dear Friends, Please take the 9 minutes to watch the clip on the link
> below regarding the eviction of indigenous peoples from their lands by
> Skye Resources of Vancouver, BC.
> Estimados amigos, Vean las escenas de un desalojo de gente indígena de
> sus tierras por la minera canadiense Skye Resources de Vancouver,
> mediante la liga a continuación.
> Gracias, miguel
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> COMPAÑEROS Y COMPAÑERAS ES UN GUSTO PODER SALUDARLAS, POR FAVOR VEAN
> EL ARCHIVO ADJUNTO...SALUDOS.
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