Criminalization, Murder and Blackfire Exploration in Chiapas
Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration operated a barite mine in the municipality of Chicomuselo, Chiapas in late 2007. In late 2009, the mine was shut down for environmental reasons days after the murder of environmental activist Mariano Abarca. Canadian Complicity The criminalization and murder of Mariano Abarca in November 2009 in connection with Blackfire Exploration’s Payback mine …