Mexicans up in arms against mine

"Armando Mendoza points to the huge cracks in the walls of his house in San Pedro, Mexico.

Gesturing to the ceiling that recently fell in, he shows the damage caused by the daily explosions from the Canadian-owned mine San Xavier, which crouches over this small village.
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San Xavier is owned by the Corporation New Gold, one of several Canadian mining companies attracted to Mexico by low royalty payments, an accommodating government and easy access to mineral wealth under relaxed Mexican laws.

Opponents of the mine claim that it has already wreaked irreversible environmental damage on the region, introducing cyanide into the water system that serves the state capital."

al jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/11/20091112105636416456.html