Escobal Operations suspended pending completion of consultations with affected Xinka indigenous communities, as per Constitutional Court decision released in September 2018. Legal Actions / Acciones Legales: 1997-2015 Guatemalan Mining Laws and Amendments [Escobal] 2005- Community Consultations Processes [Escobal] 2008-2013 Moratoriums on Metallic Mining [Escobal] 2008-2018 Constitutional Challenges against Guatemalan Mining Laws [Escobal] 2010 ILO Criticizes Guatemala on Mining and Indigenous Communities [Escobal] 2010– Petition filed to oppose approval of Environmental Impact Assessment 2011-2018 Constitutional Challenge of Draft Regulation on Indigenous Consultation Processes [Escobal] 2011– Criminalization of community leaders opposed to Escobal mine 2012-2013 Tahoe Lawsuit against Guatemalan Government 2013 IACHR Petition filed by Council of Mayan and Xinka Peoples [Escobal] 2013 Injunction filed against granting of Escobal exploitation licence 2013 State of Siege and Criminalization of Protestors and Community Leaders 2013- Criminal prosecution of Former Head of Security and other security guards at Escobal mine and compensation claim against Tahoe Resources 2013-2019 Complaints to Canadian Securities Regulators 2014 Permanent Peoples' Tribunal hearing on Canadian mining in Latin America 2014-2019 Canadian Lawsuit against Tahoe Resources 2016 Complaint to U.S. Securities Regulators 2017- Judicial Suspension of Tahoe's Mining Licences 2019- IACHR issues precautionary measures on behalf of Xinka Parliament lawyer 2020- Guatemalan Government and the Xinka Parliament initiate pre-consultation over Escobal 2021 Civil action by local families against Escobal mining licence
