Snapshot: On 10 December 2011, a lawsuit was filed against Hudbay Minerals in Canada by a survivor of a shooting incident at the Fenix project.  The plaintiff, who became paraplegic as a result, alleges that in September of 2009 he was shot at close range in an unprovoked attack by the chief of security for Hudbay’s Fenix project. The lawsuit was settled in October 2024.

On 10 December 2011, a lawsuit was filed against Hudbay Minerals in Canada by a survivor of a shooting incident at the Fenix project.  The plaintiff, who became paraplegic as a result, alleges that in September of 2009 he was shot at close range in an unprovoked attack by the chief of security for Hudbay’s Fenix project.

Two other lawsuits were filed in Canada against Hudbay Minerals in relation to this project:

• in September 2010 by a widow of a community leader killed during protests against the project filed a lawsuit
• in March 2011 by 11 Guatemalan alleging the companie was complicit in the gang rapes committed by private security forces on the Fenix nickel mining project

On 22 July 2013 the Superior Court of Ontario ruled that the lawsuits can proceed to trial in Canadian court. All three lawsuits are ongoing.

On 7 October 2024, the parties announced that a settlement without admission of liability on the part of the company was agreed for the 13 plaintiffs in the three lawsuits related to alleged abuses at the Fenix mine.

-Hudbay Minerals settles civil lawsuits regarding former operations in Guatemala, Canadian Press, 7 Oct 2024

- [PDF] Ontario court rules that lawsuits against Hudbay Minerals regarding shootings, murder and gang-rape at its former mine in Guatemala can proceed to trial in Canada, 22 Jul 2013

Hudbay

- Hudbay Reaches a Mutually Agreed Settlement in Longstanding Civil Lawsuits Related to Former Guatemala Operations, 7 Oct 2024

-  Hudbay Responds to Allegations in Statement of Claim, 29 Mar 2011
-  The facts: Hudbay's former operations in Guatemala 

Plaintiffs' lawyers: Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors, Rights Action,

-Guatemalan Plaintiffs reach fair and reasonable settlement in Canadian mining lawsuits, 7 Oct 2024

- "Shooting Victim Announces Third Human Rights Lawsuit Against Hudbay Minerals", 7 Dec 2011