In Guatemala, officials have documented fraud in applications for mining licences. In 2024, for example, the government revoked an environmental license for a Canadian-run gold mine, citing forged signatures and the loss of more than 900 pages of project documentation. The company is seeking to extract more than 250 million cubic meters of soil and subsoil from a gold and silver deposit in the municipality of Asunción Mita, east of the Guatemalan capital. Local leaders and environmental organisatons warn that the mine will pollute Lake Güija, shared by Guatemala and El Salvador, and the Lempa River, which originates in Guatemala and is the main water source for the Salvadoran capital.