178:, wrote that in 2008-2009 Pac Rim was anxious to make alliances with politicians in El Salvador. Rodrigo Chavez Palacios, son of a former presidential candidate, was hired as vice president of Pacific Rim El Salvador, the local subsidiary of Pacific Rim Mining Corporation. Rodrigo Chavez Palacios was later arrested in 2014 for participating in the murder of Franklin Ortiz Mendoza and was released on parole in December 2020. According to Broad and Cavanagh, Marcelo Rivera’s brother, fellow activist Miguel Rivera, formally requested the attorney general to investigate Palacios as potentially involved in Marcelo’s murder, but no investigation was launched
154:(PCN) to be finalized. However, environmentalists warned of negative environmental and social impacts if mining went ahead. On June 16, 2009, FMLN lawmakers demanded a permanent ban on gold and silver mining in El Salvador, whose requirements meant that "companies involved in mining activities in El Salvador would have 180 days to abort operations and leave the country." However, the proposal did not become law.
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