hijo del compañero luchador social asesinado Mariano Abarca en Canadá denuncia corrupciòn de mineras de ese paìs en Chiapas

The Canadian Press. Saturday Sep. 25, 2010

TORONTO — His father's voice was silenced when he was killed in a bloody shooting last year, but Mexican anti-mining activist Jose Luis Abarca Montejo refuses to back down over the activities of Canadian mining companies in his state.

The son of Mariano Abarca Roblero, the community leader who spoke out against Calgary-based mining company Blackfire Exploration Ltd. and was gunned down in front of his home in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, is in Canada with a message.

"Canadian trans-national companies are corrupting Mexican authorities and contaminating the environment," Abarca Montejo said in an interview in Toronto on Saturday.

Since his father's murder, the younger Abarca has taken on a leadership role in his community's fight against a Canadian mine he said is destroying the environment and creating divisions between neighbours.

Now embarking on a six-day Canadian tour, the 28-year-old law graduate is to make an appearance at a human rights conference organized by NDP MP Peter Julian, as well as meet with Canadian lawyers and anti-mining activists.

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