In 2009, Canadian firm First Majestic Silver was awarded nearly two dozen concessions in Wirikuta, a desert area in the central state of San Luis Potosi that is an annual pilgrimage site for the Huichol, or Wixarika, people.
Some 70 percent of the concessions are located in the 140,200 hectares (346,170 acres) that were declared a protected reserve in 2001.
Minera Golondrina, a unit of Canada's Lake Shore Gold, also plans to operate an open-pit gold mine - one of the most highly polluting methods - in Wirikutahttp://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/05/27/thousands-attend-festival-to-support-mexican-indians/
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