On 28 February, protesters against the Marlin Mine in south-western Guatemala were attacked. One protester, Aniceto López, was taken to the office of the local mayor, where he was allegedly beaten and threatened with death for speaking out against the mine...200 members of the communities of San Miguel Ixtahuacán municipality were protesting against the Guatemalan state’s failure to suspend extraction activities in the mine...owned by Montana Exploradora...wholly-owned...[by] Goldcorp, despite the Inter- American Commission on Human Rights…ordering for activities to be suspended until the effects of the mine on local indigenous communities are properly assessed.