{"id":1645,"date":"2015-02-10T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T07:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2015-10-27T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:04:17","slug":"urgent-solidaritate-cu-maxima-acuna-ce-lupta-impotriva-minei-de-aur-yanacocha-politia-i-a-invadat-proprietatea-pentru-a-treia-oara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/en\/urgent-solidaritate-cu-maxima-acuna-ce-lupta-impotriva-minei-de-aur-yanacocha-politia-i-a-invadat-proprietatea-pentru-a-treia-oara\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT! Police enter Maxima Acuna&#8217;s land and destroy her home for the third time"},"content":{"rendered":"51% US-owned Yanacocha mining company is continuing its attempt to intimidate Maxima Acu\u00f1a, a strong opponent of the company\u2019s gold mine in Northern Peru, by destroying her home.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Take action to protect Maxima. Sign the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yestolifenotomining.org\/wp-admin\/%20http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/library\/asset\/AMR46\/002\/2015\/en\/aa39845d-57a9-4bd4-a347-887da3990ff3\/amr460022015en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Amnesty International<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/node\/28032\/action\" target=\"_blank\">Front Line Defenders<\/a> petitions.<\/p>\n<p>Through a call to a local radio station in Cajamarca, Maxima has alerted us to the arrival of a strong contingent of police and Yanacocha mine workers on her land who proceeded to destroy her family home. This signifies the continuing intimidation attempts against her and her family.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past ten years, M\u00e1xima and her family have endured repeated threats and intimidation by police special forces, as the Peruvian media report, just because they refused to leave their home by the edge of the blue lagoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OYwFIwlSdSI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Urgente nuevo llamado M\u00e1xima Acu\u00f1a\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYwFIwlSdSI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday 3rd February, in the highlands of Cajamarca, personnel from Minera Yanacocha S.R.L. along with the private security service of the mining company and 200 National Police of Peru invaded the property of M\u00e1xima Acu\u00f1a de Chaupe and destroyed her house that was in construction.<\/p>\n<p>Maxima and her family recently won their court case brought against them by Yanacocha which accused them of usurpation \u2013 claiming that the land the family have been living on since 1994 and for which they have proof of possession, was instead the property of Yanacocha. This land is of strategic importance to the mining company, the world\u2019s second largest gold producer, as it resides in the heart of their planned mega-mining project \u2013 Minas Conga. However after four years, two court cases and two High Court appeals, the family was finally vindicated.<\/p>\n<p>Yanacocha, composed of US-based Newmont (51%), Peruvian Buenaventura (44%) and the IFC of the World Bank (5%), owns and operates the largest gold mine in Latin-America in the province of Cajamarca and their next project would be Minas Conga, three times the size of existing operations.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1xima, her husband Jaime, and two youths who were helping build the house, an improvement to their small earthen home so as to protect them from the intense cold, were met by this heavy contingent of police, mining personnel and SECURITAS personnel, the Swedish security multinational contracted by Yanacocha, who proceeded to destroy their new house.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XSozmQEFRN0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Property Destruction and Intimidation of Peasant Family by Yanacocha Mining Company\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XSozmQEFRN0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The invasion was not justified by any judicial order or police warrant nor was a public prosecutor present. Yanacocha, in their defence, claimed that the house was being built outside the limits of the Chaupe family\u2019s land. However, in the same press release they acknowledge that the land is within \u201cTragadero Grande\u201d, the area of land identified in the court case and recognized as the family\u2019s property.<\/p>\n<p>The family\u2019s lawyer, Dr. Mirtha V\u00e1squez, belied the company\u2019s assertion that they were protecting the property in a pacific manner. Primarily because the entry of 200heavily armed police and security personnel without authorization is a clear act of aggression. Secondly, the defendant cannot defend territory that does not belong to them. This was proven on Thursday, 5th February when the company returned once again with a heavy contingent of police, mining engineers and security personnel with the purpose of demarcation of the limits of the mining company\u2019s property. Sergio S\u00e1nchez, Manager of the Regional Government\u2019s Environment and Natural Resources Division, also present, testified that the result of this demarcation only demonstrated that the house in construction was in\u00a0fact within the limits of the family\u2019s terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the four years of the family\u2019s ordeal, they have been converted into a symbol of the resistance for all those fighting the mining company. This further harassment of the family despite their court victory has caused great indignation amongst the local population and indeed amongst national and international solidarity networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TAKE ACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maxima and her family remain vulnerable and fear further attacks. Thursday 12th February will be World Solidarity Day with M\u00e1xima. Whoever you are, show your solidarity for Maxima by organising a demonstration or march, sending a video, photo, letter etc., or holding an awareness-raising or fundraising event. 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