Women in areas of Guatemala where mining companies operate have condemned the sexual abuse by security forces during forced evictions in, for example, San Juan Sacatepéquez. The women state that the police was acting on behalf of the Guatemalan Nickel Company (CGN), local subsidiary of HudBay Minerals Inc., a Canadian mining company.
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