![]() Peruvian police joined FORZA officers in ‘protecting’ the mine’s compound. Several conflicts have occurred, including the kidnapping and torture of 33 farmers, journalists and activists in 2005 during a peaceful march to the mine’s compound. This is not the first incidence of violence connected to the Majaz concession. The men then allowed the vehicle to continue on its way.ĭuberlí Mauriola Labán, a radio commentator in Quispampa, has called on the ‘rondas’ of that city to prevent “strangers” who opposed “development” (ie, the mine), from passing through their zone. ![]() After speaking with the men in what Father Marco classifies as a “normal conversation”, the men said they wanted “development and work,” and reject agriculture as an option. The men demanded the passengers’ identity documents and consulted a list printed from a computer to verify Father Arana’s identity. Thanks to the driver’s quick maneuvers, no one was injured, but the vehicle sustained damages including broken windows.įather Marco reports that 30 minutes before the attack, their car was stopped by about 30 men in Quispampa, posing as members of the ‘rondas’, or rural self-defense groups. Twenty minutes before reaching Huancabamba, in Cajas Capsol, the vehicle containing Father Marco and his companions was hit with gunshots and rocks. ![]() Father Arana was traveling to Huancabamba to participate in activities commemorating the city’s referendum, held in 2007, in which 97% of voters rejected Monterrico’s proposal to construct the Majaz mine in a fragile cloud forest. The attack occurred on the evening of Thursday Sept 15 th in the region of the Majaz mining copper concession, owned by the Chinese corporation Zijin (and formerly owned by Monterrico Metals of Britain). Father Marco Arana escapes from violent ambush near Majaz Mining Concessionįrom an alert sent from Father Marco’s cell phone, translated and with additional files by Stephanie Boyd
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