Hitmen Assassinate Prominent Woman Activist

[Andronex]

Six days after heavily armed men took the life of a respected anti-mining activist in Cabañas, El Salvador, another prominent community leader has been assassinated. On December 26 at 3:30 pm Dora “Alicia” Recinos Sorto, 32, was killed as she returned from doing laundry at the river near her home in Cantón Trinidad, in the municipality of Sensuntepeque, Cabañas. “Alicia,” as she was known to friends, was carrying one of her children in her arms as she was shot dead. The child was shot in the foot and is receiving medical care.

Since 2005, many Cabañas residents like Recinos Sorto have been involved in a fierce battle over whether the US/Canadian Pacific Rim Mining Company can re-open the shuttered El Dorado gold mine. Late last year, outgoing President Tony Saca responded to local pressure and negated Pacific Rim’s permit applications for gold extraction. Activists are concerned that re-starting the mine will threaten local water supplies and ruin their ability to grow crops. Supporters—mostly Pacific Rim employees and their families—see the revival of the mine as a source of job creation and economic development.

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[AllyCat]

1. Dear God how can people do this kind of thing? She was holding her child!

My prayers to her family and those who she fought to help.

[EFerrari]

2. Kick

[femrap]

3. We have the same thing happening in the US....

WVa. Neighbors are pitted against each other. The coal miners who want jobs and the other neighbors/environmentalists who want clean water.

Divide and conquer.

The Evil will reap what they sow.

[Arctic Dave]

4. This one of the major reasons I believe in gun ownership.

If they think that killing an activist is ok they need to suffer the fall out.