The contract would have legalized the extraction of copper, gold and silver on 13,000 hect- ares (32,000+ acres) located in the heart of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in the north of the country. [...] The ‘express’ approval of the contract was widely ques- tioned in relation to the extent of the past and present economic interest that members of the government were reported having with the company. [...] The families of the victims were peacefully protesting in the streets of Chame, west of the capital, against the mining contract. [...] The man got out of his car and asked who was in charge of the protest, then shot in cold blood the two men, one a teacher and the other, the partner of a teacher. [...] The spokesperson who gave the names of the 21 people to the media ended up working a few months later for the mining company, raising doubts about the true intentions of the lawsuit.
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