Workers from the mining unions have confirmed that criminal groups linked to organized crime are extorting Canadian companies that operate in the municipalities of the northern region and Tierra Caliente de Guerrero, but they don’t report and prefer to pay so as not to slow down the production of metals.

When asked about it, the miners admitted that the mining company Media Luna, located in the municipality of Cocula, had received extortion threats from armed civilians operating in the area, which is why Canadian companies, those who have the operating permits have chosen to pay.

This despite the security operations implemented by the military and the National Guard, as well as the State Police, “which are simulated (sic)”, They say they have been unable to stop the criminal activity generated by criminal groups, which four years ago murdered three miners for trying to change their union.

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Pero no es la única, también paga la extortion la minera Capela, situada en uno de los municipios más conflictivos y peligrosos, Teloloapan, que explota la empresa Peñoles, la cual actualmente es la main productora de plata del país, que al igual que la Half Moon, They also did not file a complaint with the authorities.

The President of the Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, this Wednesday morning, agreed to have the report that there are complaints of the mining companies of Guerrero that they are obliged to pay the extortion, but he assured that it was “a problem that is already being dealt with”.

While the State Attorney General’s office or the government of Guerrero have confirmed that they have no complaints of extortion by organized crime against Canadian mining companies that operate in municipalities in the Northern region and Tierra Caliente of this southern state.

In this regard, the Secretary of the State Government for Economic Promotion and Development, Teodora Ramírez Vega, said that she had no information regarding the statements of the President of the Republic that two Canadian companies had problems working in the entity.

The above has been pointed out that during a meeting with the directors and representatives of the mining companies Torres Gold and Equinox Gold, they informed him that they had no complaints regarding the mining of various minerals.

For his part, the Secretary General of the Government, Ludwig Reynoso Núñez, indicated that he was in dialogue with representatives of the mining companies and that they denied the alleged extortion by suspected members of organized crime.

The issue was embroidered at the peacebuilding coordination table, where authorities reiterated that they do not matter with information on alleged extortion complaints and the prosecutor’s office said it was looking into the matter.

It should be noted that in Guerrero, the companies that operate the mines of Guerrero are the company Equinos Gold, which is called Bermejal, Los Filos and Nukai. All three are in Mezcala.

The Gold of Torres that La Media Luna operates, which is in the municipality of Cocula, where it also has the project in the town of Limón Guajes, while in Teloloapan, the Peñoles company owns the Capela mine.

In Campo Morado in the municipality of Heliodoro Castillo there are problems and it has been between 2 and 3 years since it stopped working.