Mariano Abarca

Mariano Abarca Roblero (1958-2009) was a community activist known and admired for leading opposition against mining by the Company Blackfire Exploration in his community of Chicomuselo in the state of Chiapas in Southern Mexico. He was a member of the Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería (REMA). He was killed on November 27, 2009 and leaves behind his wife and four children.

Assassination

Mariano Abarca was assassinated on the night of November 27, 2009 in Chicomuselo in front of his house. Abarca was shot in the head and chest by a man on a motorcycle.^[1] who was a Blackfire employee.^[2] Mariano Abarca had previously been abducted in August 2009, and again received death threats in the week and had filed a complaint against the company one day prior to his death.

Blackfire Exploration

• Interview with Mariano Abarca at the 2nd REMA Chiapas meeting in Chicomuselo
• Video about mining in Chicomuselo (Spanish)

1. ^ "Anti-Mining Activist Mariano Abarca Assassinated in Chiapas.". La Jornada/The Dominion & Media Co-op. December 1 2009. http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_57639.shtml. Retrieved December 20, 2009. 
2. ^ "Calgary-owned mine shut in Mexico.". CBC News. December 10 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/12/10/blackfire-mexican-mine-closed.html. Retrieved December 20, 2009. 

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Name	Abarca, Mariano
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Date of birth	1958
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Date of death	2009
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