Leaders of the Comstock Residents Association who organized the protest say they invited Palencia to join them because he's trying to halt mining by the Reno-based KCA, an associate of Comstock Mining, near his hometown of La Puya, Guatemala.
"I never intended to become an environmental activist," Palencia said Thursday. "But in 2011, my life changed dramatically when I discovered a trans-national mining company was digging an open-pit mine near my home without notifying or consulting my community."
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