COFADEH ALERT: VIOLENT EVICTION OF THE ENCAMPMENT FOR LIFE IN GUAPINOL

COFADEH calls for demilitarization of communities following the violent eviction of the peaceful, Encampment for Life in El Guapinol, where people have sustained 88 days of peaceful resistance to mining operations that will impact a critical watershed supplying 14 communities with water. “1500 members of the Army, Cobras, the National Preventative Police and paramilitaries arrived in a violent manner, heavily armed with rifles, shields, clubs and tear gas bombs to confront a defenseless and peaceful population.” See the full alert and take action here:https://friendshipamericas.org/sites/default/files/2108.10.30 ACCION URGENTE CASO GUAPINOL.english.pdf