strong anti-mining stance, investigated the killings and provided support for the families of protesters that were injured and killed in the August demonstrations. In November 2006 two members of Grufides, Father Marco Arana and Mirtha Vasquez reported receiving several death threats and were followed and filmed both at work and at home. An investigation by the Peruvian press uncovered that individuals with ties to the security firm FORZA, which Newmont hired to provide security at Yanacocha, were involved in the surveillance of the GRUFIDES staff members. Newmont denied any involvement in the harassment or surveillance. In response to the threats Amnesty International issued an urgent action stating that "their lives, and those of others associated with GRUFIDES, may be in danger".IPS News On 15 June 2007, several local farmers, including two minors, were injured and taken into custody by public and private police forces paid by Yanacocha in the village of Totoracocha. The farmers occupied heavy machinery of the mining company as they were protesting against wage withholding for construction work they had been carried out for Yanacocha. See also Cerro de Pasco Toquepala mine References External links Website of "Yanacocha" (Spanish) "Halting the rush against gold", The Economist, 3 February 2005 "The Cost of Gold"-Jane Perlez (Multimedia), The New York Times, October 25, 2005 "Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions"-By Jane Perlez and Kirk Johnson (registration required), The New York Times'', October 24, 2005 Andean villagers seek American justice / Mercury contamination near Peru mine leads to legal showdown in Denver court. Peter Hecht, San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 2005. "Ingetec S.A.", Ingetec S.A. Ingenieros Consultores: Auditoría Ambiental y Evaluaciones Ambientales de las Operaciones de la Minera Yanacocha en Cajamarca - Perú 2003 Anaya, R. (2001). "Acute elemental mercury poisoning in three locations of the department of Cajamarca-Peru. In: Toxicology, Volume 164, Issue(1-3): p. 1-266, p. 69. Account about Maxima Acuña Chaupe (Italian) "Yanacocha: Dividing and Polluting", Friends of the Earth Gold mines in Peru Newmont Open-pit mines Surface mines in Peru Environmental justice