On Saturday, October 17, armed assailants shot at six people in Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, Guatemala, where communities have organized in peaceful resistance to Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine project.

Among those injured was Alex Reynoso, an environmental defender and member of the Mataquescuintla mining resistance movement in southeastern Guatemala. Alex remains in stable condition, recuperating from a bullet shot into his lower back.

This attack follows a pattern of violence against land and environmental defenders who oppose Tahoe’s mine. Just last year, Alex was shot and injured in another attack – one that killed his 16 year old daughter, Merilyn Topacio, herself a leader of the Mataquescuintla youth movement against mining. A year before that in April 2013, private security guards opened fire on a peaceful protest against the mine wounding seven men who are now suing Tahoe for negligence and battery in a British Columbia court.

This violence against environmental defenders must end, and these crimes must not be allowed to remain in impunity. Add your name to condemn this violence and demand that authorities undertake a full and impartial investigation into this attack and all prior incidents of violence in connection with Tahoe Resources’ Escobal project. This petition will be delivered to the office of Guatemala’s Attorney General and the U.S. and Canadian Embassies in Guatemala.

Click here to add your name to the petition before November 9.