The Guatemalan government has declared a state of emergency in four eastern municipalities after anti-mining demonstrations targeting mostly Canada’s Tahoe Resources's (TSX: THO) flagship Escobal silver mine, left one person dead and eight severely injured.
Local paper La Hora (in Spanish) reports the country’s interior ministry banned Thursday public gatherings and sent troops to four towns near the controversial silver mine, which received its operating permit early in April. The decision triggered a series of escalating anti-mining demonstrations in south-east Guatemala, close to where the mine will be.
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