In early 2022, the Maya Chortí Indigenous community in Azacualpa, western Honduras, witnessed the destruction of their 200-year-old cemetery during the expansion of the San Andrés gold mine, operated by Minerales de Occidente (Minosa), a subsidiary of Canadian company Aura Minerals. Despite a Supreme Court injunction prohibiting further exhumations, the company proceeded with nighttime excavations under police protection, removing or destroying graves and erecting barriers to prevent community access. The Maya Chortí community had engaged in nearly a decade of legal and community-level resistance to protect the cemetery, which they consider a sacred cultural heritage site. While some remains were reportedly relocated, many were left in place as mining operations continued, including regular blasting in the former cemetery area.