Adolfo Ich killing and the Fénix nickel project
- 1 people died.Adolfo Ich Chamán, killed 27 September 2009.
Adolfo Ich Chamán was killed on 27 September 2009 in El Estor, Guatemala. He had opposed the Fénix nickel project of CGN, then owned by Hudbay.
October 2024; no admission of liability; terms confidential.
Status As of October 2024: the Ontario civil cases against Hudbay were settled; the outcome of the ordered criminal retrial is not given in the sources reviewed.
- Adolfo Ich Chamán — Killed on 27 September 2009.
- Adolfo Ich Chamán — Killed on 27 September 2009.
What happened
Adolfo Ich Chamán was killed on 27 September 2009 in El Estor, Guatemala. The research record gives what he opposed as the Fénix nickel project of CGN, which was then owned by Hudbay.
The record lists the following court outcome. The security chief, Mynor Padilla, was acquitted in April 2017. A retrial was ordered in September 2017.
Civil cases were brought in Ontario, Canada (Choc v Hudbay among them). A 2013 ruling allowed them to proceed in Canada. They were settled in October 2024 with no admission of liability and on confidential terms.
Hudbay sold the Fénix project in 2011.
- 2009Adolfo Ich Chamán killed on 27 September in El Estor
- 2011Hudbay sells the Fénix project
- 2013Ontario ruling allows the civil cases (Choc v Hudbay and related) to proceed in Canada
- 2017Security chief Mynor Padilla acquitted (April); retrial ordered (September)
- 2024Ontario civil cases settled in October; no admission of liability; terms confidential
How it looked
Shown
Recorded
- Adolfo Ich Chamán was killed on 27 September 2009 in El Estor.
- The security chief, Mynor Padilla, was acquitted in April 2017; a retrial was ordered in September 2017.
- The Ontario civil cases (Choc v Hudbay) were allowed to proceed in Canada by a 2013 ruling and were settled in October 2024 with no admission of liability and confidential terms.
- Hudbay sold Fénix in 2011.
Who gained
Reached nature or the ground
Gained elsewhere
Responses on record
- hudbay (October 2024): Settled the Ontario civil lawsuits over its former operations in Guatemala in October 2024, with no admission of liability. · BNN Bloomberg
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2017-04Outcome not on recordCriminal case against security chief Mynor PadillaGuatemala (court not named in the record) · Criminal · Prosecution (not named in the record) → Mynor Padilla, security chief
Padilla was acquitted in April 2017. A retrial was ordered in September 2017. A later guilty plea is reported but not verified.
- 2024-10SettledChoc v Hudbay and related civil casesOntario, Canada · Civil · Claimants in the Ontario civil cases → Hudbay Minerals
A 2013 ruling allowed the cases to proceed in Canada. They were settled in October 2024 with no admission of liability and on confidential terms. BNN Bloomberg
Insurers
What nature saw
Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Court
- Unclear Criminal case against security chief Mynor Padilla: outcome not on record.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: that Padilla later pleaded guilty. The date of the plea is not verified.
- None on record The settlement terms of the Ontario civil cases are confidential.
Did the harm stop?
The record reviewed gives no information on harm to nature from the Fénix project or on whether any harm stopped after Hudbay sold it in 2011.
Who paid?
The Ontario civil cases were settled on confidential terms with no admission of liability, so the amount and the payer are not stated in the record.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Hudbay Minerals settles civil lawsuits regarding former operations in GuatemalaBNN Bloomberg · 2024-10-07