Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto Explained

Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto
Birth Date:1976 or 1977
Death Cause:Assassination
Nationality:El Salvador
Known For:Anti-mining activism

Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto (– 26 December 2009) was a Salvadoran anti-mining activist who was murdered while protesting the opening of a mine by the Pacific Rim Mining Corporation.

Career

Sorto was an activist opposed to mining and a member of the Cabañas Environment Committee.[1] She campaigned against the opening of El Dorado gold mine in the Cabañas Department of El Salvador by Pacific Rim Mining Corporation, a subsidiary of the Canadian company OceanaGold.

Death

On 26 December 2009, Sorto was murdered.[2] She was 32 years old and eight months pregnant the time of her death.

Her two-year-old son was hit in the foot with a bullet during the murder.[3]

Sorto was one of four anti-mining activists who were murdered[4] while protesting the opening of the mine.[5]

Aftermath

In 2010, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador reported on the arrest of eight suspects accused or the murder of Sorto and other murdered anti-mining activists. While the officials blamed the murder on a family feud, the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining accused authorities of ignoring obvious links to the murder and Sorto's activism. The roundtable's criticism of the authorities included claims that the suspects were "former paid promoters of the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim".[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 29 December 2009 . Anti-Mining Activists Killed in El Salvador . 2023-07-01 . . en . 2023-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230509024747/https://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/29/anti_mining_activists_killed_in_el . live .
  2. Web site: Patterson . Brent . 2009-12-30 . Anti-mining activists murdered in El Salvador . 2023-07-01 . . en-CA . 2023-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510074224/https://canadians.org/analysis/anti-mining-activists-murdered-el-salvador/ . live .
  3. Web site: Schertow . John Ahni . 30 December 2009 . Pregnant Anti-Mining Activist Murdered in El Salvador . Intercontinental Cry . 2023-07-01 . en-US . 2023-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230509024755/https://intercontinentalcry.org/pregnant-anti-mining-activist-murdered-in-el-salvador/ . live .
  4. Web site: Schalk . Owen . 17 March 2023 . National and international groups call for governments to take action against OceanaGold . 2023-07-01 . . en . 2023-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327160221/https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/national-and-international-groups-call-for-governments-to-take-action-against-oceanagold . live .
  5. Web site: Schalk . Owen . 2 May 2023 . El Salvador's Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger . 2023-07-01 . . en-US . 2023-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331213344/https://jacobin.com/2023/02/el-salvador-mining-ban-threat-water-pollution-nayib-bukele/ . live .
  6. Web site: 15 July 2010 . Update: Suspects Arrested for Assassinations, Coalition Reasserts Mining Motive . 2023-07-01 . . es . 2023-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230701133923/https://cispes.org/blog/update-suspects-arrested-for-assassinations-coalition-reasserts-mining-motive?language=es . live .

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