2018 Criminal complaints by CMDBCP against local authorities
On 8 June 2018, during the protest outside Tocoa’s Town Hall, the Municipal Committee in Defence of Common and Public Goods (CMDBCP) filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office against the previous and present mayors of Tocoa for failing in their legal duties by unlawfully granting municipal permits to the mine resulting in environmental damage. There is no evidence that this complaint was ever investigated by the authorities (CMDBCP and CCI, 2019: 6).
El Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos (CMDBCP) and the Coalición Contra la Impunidad (CCI), “Cronología de la Criminalización del Campamento Guapinol”, dated August 2019, online: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjdsOrPjavyAhWIAsAKHTgpDHoQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oeku-buero.de%2Fhochsicherheitsgef%25C3%25A4ngnis-f%25C3%25BCr-gegner-einer-eisenerzmine-in-honduras.html%3Ffile%3Dfiles%2Fdocs%2FLaender%2FHonduras%2FCronologi%25CC%2581a%2520Caso%2520Guapinol%2520Final.pdf%26cid%3D7438&usg=AOvVaw3RXMWrOCGVCAFtJ3dYwwnL, accessed 15 April 2020
