KLIPPENSTEINS

The lawsuit alleges that the brutal and arbitrary shooting of German Chub was caused by the negligent management of HudBay Minerals both in Canada and in Guatemala. In particular, the lawsuit alleges that HudBay Minerals negligently authorized the reckless and provocative deployment of heavily armed security personnel into Mayan Q'eqchi' communities on September 27, 2009, and negligently authorized the excessive use of force by its security personnel in response to Mayan Q'eqchi' communities that were opposed to the illegal occupation of historic Mayan land... Lawsuits against Canadian companies HudBay Minerals and HMI Nickel over human rights abuse in Guatemala

Primary location: Toronto Canada