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Colombia: Two environmental defenders escape unharmed after attack; includes AngloGold Ashanti comments
According to the environmental organization Young Peoples Social and Environmental Collective of Cajamarca (Colectivo Socio-Ambiental Juvenil de Cajamarca – COSAJUCA) , unknown people shot at two of their leaders, but were not injured or killed. These defenders oppose an open-pit mining project in their territory by AngloGold Ashanti. The company issued a statement (in Spanish) condemning the event.