Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining

The group is part of the Mesoamerican Movement Against the Mining Extractive Mode, known as M4. The group campaigns to end open-pit mining. == History ==

The organization was founded in June 2008 in the Temacapulin village of Jalisco. Founders included Mariano Abarca and Bety Cariño. In 2009, Abarca was assassinated Cariño was murdered in 2010. At the time, the group was protesting against Blackfire Exploration's work at its La Revancha mine. In 2022, the group was critical of the limitations of the nationalisation of Mexico's lithium, noting the reform did not take control of existing mines. The group predicted that Canadian and U.S. corporation would be the main beneficiaries of the reforms. == References ==