- WHO: Mayan Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs Angelica Choc & Irma Yolanda Choc Cac (both from Guatemala); Toronto lawyers Murray Klippenstein & Cory Wanless; Grahame Russell of Rights Action
- WHERE: OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), Nexus Lounge, 12th floor, 252 Bloor Street W., Toronto
- WHEN: Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 6pm-8pm
Angelica Choc (seated, centre) and six of the eleven gang-rape victims from Lote 8,
including Irma Yolanda Choc Cac (standing, second from right)
On September 17, 2019, there will be a public court hearing in Toronto to determine whether the Mayan Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs from Guatemala can amend their pleadings regarding Skye Resources’ (that amalgamated with Hudbay Minerals in 2008) violent forced evictions in 2007 of their home community, “Lote 8”, during which 11 Mayan Q’eqchi’ women were gang-raped.
- Court hearing: 10am, Tuesday, September 17, 2019, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 393 University Ave, Toronto
Hudbay Minerals is arguing that the plaintiffs should only be able to sue for the gang-rapes committed by their private security guards, not the rapes committed by the Guatemalan military and police. This, notwithstanding the fact that the gang-rapes of the 11 women were committed by roving groups of armed police, military and security guards, during the violent eviction that was requested, authorized and co-planned by Skye Resources. This, notwithstanding the fact that Skye Resources/ Hudbay Minerals made large monetary payments to the Guatemalan police and military to pay for their direct involvement in the planning and execution of the violent forced evictions, alongside Skye/Hudbay’s private security guards.
Two of the plaintiffs - Irma Yolanda (a gang-rape victim) and Angelica Choc (widow of Adolfo Ich who was murdered during a separate incident by Hudbay’s security guards) - will travel to Toronto for the hearing.
Please join us at OISE on September 17, 2019, after the court hearing, for a full update on the Hudbay Minerals lawsuits and a parallel criminal trial in Guatemala against Mynor Padilla, former head of security for Hudbay Minerals/ Skye Resources.
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