[frontera-list] environmental workers killed in central Mexico
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molly
May 23, 2010, 10:45:30 AM5/23/10
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The BBC report says that the workers were tortured, beaten and shot to
death.
When President Calderon and others say that the violence is isolated
in only a few places, it is a lie. Incidents such as this are
happening every day in many places across the country. Valle del Bravo
is a wealthy resort area close to Mexico City.
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1063386
3 environmental inspectors, aide killed in Mexico while investigating
mining complaint
Published Saturday May 22nd, 2010
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - Three Mexican environmental inspectors and a local man
were shot to death in Central Mexico as they checked on a complaint
about pollution from mine tailings, authorities reported Friday.
The inspectors were investigating a complaint about chemical
pollutants from a metal mine in the Valle de Bravo area, a wooded area
surrounding a lake just west of Mexico City, on Thursday when they
were reported missing.
Their bullet-ridden bodies were found on a roadside Friday.
"They lost their lives in the line of duty," the department said in a
news release.
Two of the victims worked for the Attorney General's Office for
Environmental Protection. Rene Carmona, a spokesman for that office,
said the agency had received a complaint from the public about vapours
and other pollutants coming from the mine tailings of a metals mine.
He said it was the first killing of an agency inspector in at least 2½
years. Carmona was not able to provide the name or location of the
mine cited in the complaint, or the exact nature of its work.
The third victim worked as a local representative of the National
Commission for Protected Natural Areas, and the fourth was a local man
who was accompanying them on the inspection trip.
It was unclear whether their deaths were related to the inspection.
The area is normally a peaceful spot frequented by weekend visitors
from Mexico City, but some common crime and drug-related violence has
also been reported in the region.
The Environment Department expressed its condolences to the victims'
families and said the investigations would be carried out by the State
of Mexico.
Several environmental activists have been killed in Mexico, but their
killings have often gone unresolved.
Anti-mine activist Mariano Abarca was shot to death on Nov. 27 in
southern Chiapas state, a slaying that fellow activists blame on
officials of a Canadian-owned mine that operated in the area. The
mining company has denied any involvement in his death.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/05/100522_mexico_muerte_crimen_ambiental_amab.shtml
BBC Mundo
Última actualización: sábado, 22 de mayo de 2010 - 14:58 GMT
Asesinan a inspectores ambientales en México
La Policía en México informó que tres inspectores ambientales y un
guía local fueron asesinados al tiempo que investigaban una denuncia
sobre la contaminación procedente de una mina.
Los cuatro hombres fueron reportados como desaparecidos el jueves,
cuando fueron a inspeccionar una mina en la zona de Valle de Bravo,
ubicada al oeste de la Ciudad de México.
Los inspectores investigaban un supuesto caso de contaminantes
químicos de una mina de metales que estaba cerca de un lago, a una
hora y media al oeste de la capital.
Sus cuerpos -con múltiples marcas de balas- fueron encontrados el
viernes en una vía.
Investigación
Informes señalaron que las víctimas habían sido torturadas, golpeadas
y fusiladas.
Aún se desconoce si las muertes estaban relacionadas con la
investigación ambiental.
La Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat), la
Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa) y la Comisión
Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (Conanp) informaron que los
inspectores y el colaborador, 2perdieron la vida en cumplimiento de su
trabajo".
Asimismo indicaron que se mantendrán atentas a las investigaciones que
realicen las autoridades del gobierno del Estado de México para el
esclarecimiento de los hechos.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/05/100522_mexico_muerte_crimen_ambiental_amab.shtml
© BBC 2010
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death.
When President Calderon and others say that the violence is isolated
in only a few places, it is a lie. Incidents such as this are
happening every day in many places across the country. Valle del Bravo
is a wealthy resort area close to Mexico City.
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1063386
3 environmental inspectors, aide killed in Mexico while investigating
mining complaint
Published Saturday May 22nd, 2010
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - Three Mexican environmental inspectors and a local man
were shot to death in Central Mexico as they checked on a complaint
about pollution from mine tailings, authorities reported Friday.
The inspectors were investigating a complaint about chemical
pollutants from a metal mine in the Valle de Bravo area, a wooded area
surrounding a lake just west of Mexico City, on Thursday when they
were reported missing.
Their bullet-ridden bodies were found on a roadside Friday.
"They lost their lives in the line of duty," the department said in a
news release.
Two of the victims worked for the Attorney General's Office for
Environmental Protection. Rene Carmona, a spokesman for that office,
said the agency had received a complaint from the public about vapours
and other pollutants coming from the mine tailings of a metals mine.
He said it was the first killing of an agency inspector in at least 2½
years. Carmona was not able to provide the name or location of the
mine cited in the complaint, or the exact nature of its work.
The third victim worked as a local representative of the National
Commission for Protected Natural Areas, and the fourth was a local man
who was accompanying them on the inspection trip.
It was unclear whether their deaths were related to the inspection.
The area is normally a peaceful spot frequented by weekend visitors
from Mexico City, but some common crime and drug-related violence has
also been reported in the region.
The Environment Department expressed its condolences to the victims'
families and said the investigations would be carried out by the State
of Mexico.
Several environmental activists have been killed in Mexico, but their
killings have often gone unresolved.
Anti-mine activist Mariano Abarca was shot to death on Nov. 27 in
southern Chiapas state, a slaying that fellow activists blame on
officials of a Canadian-owned mine that operated in the area. The
mining company has denied any involvement in his death.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/05/100522_mexico_muerte_crimen_ambiental_amab.shtml
BBC Mundo
Última actualización: sábado, 22 de mayo de 2010 - 14:58 GMT
Asesinan a inspectores ambientales en México
La Policía en México informó que tres inspectores ambientales y un
guía local fueron asesinados al tiempo que investigaban una denuncia
sobre la contaminación procedente de una mina.
Los cuatro hombres fueron reportados como desaparecidos el jueves,
cuando fueron a inspeccionar una mina en la zona de Valle de Bravo,
ubicada al oeste de la Ciudad de México.
Los inspectores investigaban un supuesto caso de contaminantes
químicos de una mina de metales que estaba cerca de un lago, a una
hora y media al oeste de la capital.
Sus cuerpos -con múltiples marcas de balas- fueron encontrados el
viernes en una vía.
Investigación
Informes señalaron que las víctimas habían sido torturadas, golpeadas
y fusiladas.
Aún se desconoce si las muertes estaban relacionadas con la
investigación ambiental.
La Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat), la
Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa) y la Comisión
Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (Conanp) informaron que los
inspectores y el colaborador, 2perdieron la vida en cumplimiento de su
trabajo".
Asimismo indicaron que se mantendrán atentas a las investigaciones que
realicen las autoridades del gobierno del Estado de México para el
esclarecimiento de los hechos.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/05/100522_mexico_muerte_crimen_ambiental_amab.shtml
© BBC 2010
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