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AMLO asks Gómez Urrutia for support for the reopening of the

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Cosala mine

The negotiations are headed by the Secretary of Economy, Tatiana Clouthier
May 28, 2021

https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/amlo-pide-a-gomez-urrutia-apoyo-para-reapertura-de-la-mina-de-cosala/

This morning, President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador called on Senator Napolen Gmez Urrutia, leader of the mining union to collaborate in the negotiations for the reopening of the San Rafael mine, in Cosal, Sinaloa, after it has been without operations for 16 months. . "It is a matter of the will of the parties, on the one hand the company and on the other the union and especially the leader, Senator Napolen Gmez Urrutia, who told him to help us," said the President. Similarly, Lpez Obrador mentioned that the Secretary of the Economy, Tatiana Clouthier is already in talks to resolve the conflict, in that sense, he urged dialogue between those involved and assured that, according to Clouthier, the negotiations for the reopening They are on the right track and there is little time left for the workers to return to their work. This Saturday representatives of the National Union of Mining Workers will hold a demonstration in the municipality of Cosal as a show of support for the 14 former workers who, together with their leader Yasser Beltrn, have been taking over the facilities since January 2020. This group of protesters has no type link with the operation of the mine since they are inhabitants of the state of Durango and members of section 42 of the union. A few weeks ago the more than 300 workers at the San Rafael mine, in Cosal, sent a letter to President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, the governor of Sinaloa, Quirino Ordaz, and the two main candidates for governor of Sinaloa, Rubn Rocha Moya de la Morena-PAS alliance and Mario Zamora Gastelum by the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance in which they request help to end the blockade of the mine. However, so far they have not been received by the candidates. The workers assure that Yasser Beltrn is alien to the community, he is not interested in either labor welfare or the fact that his rights are respected, since his actions show that he is only an obstacle for the mine to reopen and thus achieve that the community recovers its main source of income. For its part, the company that operates the mine, Americas Gold And Silver, is evaluating the possibility of initiating an international arbitration process against the Government of Mexico given the null results of more than a year of intense negotiations.