Sticking to the saying “ atomic number 79 makes monsters of piece ” , a Canada - based gold - excavation business firm is exhuming bodies in a Honduran burial ground because they ’re gravel in their way . In retaliation , a group of villager is taking legal activeness against the caller in an attempt to preclude them from doing this .
The town of Azacualpa is located roughly 122 kilometre ( 76 miles ) northwest of Honduras ' capital , Tegucigalpa . On a nearby hill , lie a 200 - year - old cemetery .
The Honduran subsidiary company of Aura Minerals , Minerales de Occidente ( Minosa ) , has so far exhume 350 bodies from this burial ground to the horror of many of the residents . Meanwhile some members of the coffee - produce residential district have agreed to the exhumation of their relatives and have received payments in riposte .
However , Minosa is being criticised for taking advantage of hoi polloi who have little money , and the compensation is n’t really compensation . The fellowship had previously agreed to rehouse 400 household in commutation for permission to mine certain areas such as the site of the cemetery , but it seems it ’s now just dishing out John Cash instead . In gain , it appears the business firm has its eye on the village as its next location to take out gold , so the resident may well have to move anyway .
“ What we want is for the cemetery not to be touched , ” Genaro Rodriguez , a 60 - year - onetime Azacualpa resident physician , toldThe Guardian .
Another member of the community , Floresmira Lopez , recently had to ward her Padre ’s grave to prevent miners from take out his torso . She also thinks the debacle has lead to stress - induced health issues and family conflicts , The Guardian reports .
menage conflicts are regard many extremity of the town as the minelaying company only requires permission from one house appendage to disinter a body . However , when some relatives match the removal and others do n’t , tensions obviously arise . One 85 - year - old homo is being pressured to give the company license to exhume his parent - in - police , but he does n’t want to create conflict with their grandchildren , who are against the exhumations .
And there ’s more to the problem than just the removal of bodies – the occupant are also accusing the gold mining of damaging both the environs and the health of the the great unwashed living nearby .
For the time being , however , the exhumations have been stop thanks to legal action demand by the residents .
“ A judge ordered the mayor ’s office to temporarily suspend the exhumation of the cadavers … while he decides on an enjoining we presented on behalf of the villagers , ” said Victor Fernandez , the lawyer act as for the town ’s complainant , harmonise toReuters . “ As we realize it , the disinterment have stopped . ”
Mining company in Central America have often been criticise for subversion , violence , and harming the environs . Meanwhile , the firms defend themselves by saying they bring home the bacon jobs to poor local anesthetic . We ’ll have to wait to see how this most late conflict goat god out .
[ H / T : The Guardian ]
