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What happened with REPSA and the La Pasión river in 2015?

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Fish kill on the La Pasión river

~160 km, ≥23 species, 12,000 affected

Jun 2015Mongabay

In Sayaxché, Petén (a mostly Q'eqchi' population), the palm oil producer REPSA (Grupo Olmeca) became associated with the mass fish kill on the La Pasión river from Jun 6, 2015 (~160 km of river, at least 23 species, 12,000 people directly affected); a criminal court suspended its operations on 17 September 2015 and the next day the complainant Rigoberto Lima Choc was murdered, while company workers briefly kidnapped 3 leaders. The case became the region's reference point for 'ecocide' and is the antecedent of social scrutiny of the palm chain.

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  • Court suspension of REPSA17 Sep 20152015Mongabay

Sources

  • Mongabay

    Sep-2015, Guatemalan activist murdered after court suspends palm oil company operations

    • Fish kill on the La Pasión river
    • Court suspension of REPSA
    news.mongabay.comAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source