…Police have used teargas to clear a public road near the town of Casillas, in south-east Guatemala, of protesters blocking access to Canadian miner Tahoe Resources’ controversial Escobal mine…The TSX- and NYSE-listed miner said in a statement on Friday that the Guatemalan government had taken legal action to disperse protestors…after locals blocked access earlier in the week in protests relating to a variety of issues, including claims that mining at Escobal is causing seismic activity 16 km away in Casillas…“The company has worked diligently to engage numerous stakeholders, including the VP of Guatemala, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the Ministry of the Environment, human rights ombudsman, representatives of the Catholic Church and diplomatic missions involved in human rights monitoring to attempt to resolve the matter peacefully,” the company stated...