Members of the Tecoltemi community accused employees from the Minera Gorrión, subsidiary of Almaden Minerals of attempting to persuade the community to desist from the legal action they took against the mining concessions upon which Almaden Minerals is implementing it´s mining project.  The community has accused the company of offering them jobs in return for dropping the legal action.

For further information about the case, in Spanish, see the story on our site. 

The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre contacted Almaden Minerals; their response is available below.