Prison and repression in Mendoza for those who oppose megamining

The Judicial Power and the government of Mendoza function as the best allies of the megamining. Faced with the neighborhood rejection of the San Jorge copper project, they arbitrarily arrested two socio-environmental assembly members. Prosecutor Juan Manuel Sánchez and Judge Claudia Tula ordered, without any proof, the imprisonment of the two water defenders. Extractivism and violation of rights go hand in hand. By Nahuel Lag, Agencia Tierra Viv…