Peruvian farmer Máxima Acuña de Chaupe, a vocal opponent to Newmont Mining’s (NYSE:NEM) activity in her home country, is now suing the company in a US federal court over allegations it used violence and threats to try to evict her from her home to make way for its Conga gold and copper project.
The suit filed on Sept. 15 by Acuña and her family in Delaware, where Newmont is incorporated seeks to stop “a pattern of harassment and physical and psychological abuse” they have allegedly suffered at the hands of security personnel working on behalf of Newmont and its affiliates, the environmental group representing Acuña said Tuesday.
Acuña, who was at the forefront of the opposition against Newmont’s $5 billion Conga project since it was first proposed in 2010, was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2016.
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