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What happened with REPSA and the La Pasión river? What were the consequences for the company?

According to the cited documentsFish tonnage: to be confirmedTo be confirmedIndustrial water

Stretch of the La Pasión river contaminated

150 km

2015Mongabay 2021

In 2015 the overflow of REPSA's oxidation ponds (Grupo HAME, oil palm) contaminated 150 km of the La Pasión river in Sayaxché, Petén, with 'tonnes of dead fish'; the event was called an 'ecocide'. Commercial consequence: Nestlé suspended purchases from REPSA in 2018 and lifted the suspension in October 2020. It is the harshest precedent of a water-industry conflict over surface-water contamination.

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  • Nestlé's suspension of purchases from REPSA2018; lifted Oct 20202018-2020Mongabay 2021

Sources

  • Mongabay

    Nov-2021, Grupo HAME: ocho denuncias por delitos ambientales

    es.mongabay.comAccessed Aug 22, 2026Go to the source
  • CONNECTAS

    El conflictivo avance de la palma aceitera en Guatemala

    connectas.orgAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source