The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted this ALERT on social media:
“ALERT
Threat Against the René Alemán Pedrina González Dignified Camp
The René Alemán Pedrina González Dignified Camp reports that four vehicles belonging to the company Agrecasa entered the camp without showing a permit and were moving about without license plates.
They also denounce the actions of the Puerto Cortés DPI (Directorate of Police Investigations), which entered the site without giving notice of its presence or the reasons for the visit.
PBI expresses deep concern for the physical safety of the people at the camp, who are beneficiaries of collective and individual protection measures granted by the Protection Mechanism.
We call for guarantees regarding the physical integrity and safety of all individuals and for adherence to human rights standards.”
Social media images
Image from Sector Medina Despierta Porti on Facebook. The text says: “Personnel from the Agrecasa mining company are entering without any authorization; we ask neighbors to come over and completely block the exit.”
And the text with this image says: “DPI personnel—in the age of communication—fail to announce their arrival; it is well known that Agrecasa is under investigation for crimes against public health and the environment”.
The camp
The Honduran Network for Escazú has explained: “Just an hour and a half from San Pedro Sula, a weathered hillside serves as a daily reminder of the wound inflicted by mining. The water no longer flows clear, the stones bear the marks of explosions, and yet the people of Sapadril have decided not to give up. …The dignified René Alemán and Pedrina Melgar encampments are made up of women who take turns cooking and keeping watch, elders who share their knowledge of the hill, and young people who understand that their future depends on this struggle.”
The mining company
America Magazine has reported that Agrecasa is a subsidiary of Michigan, USA-based American Aggregates LLC, a U.S. mining conglomerate, according to a 2017 report from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
The shipping company
Dating back to January 2014, American Aggregates LLC used the Montreal-based Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. (CSSL) Harmen Oldendorff bulk carrier to transport crushed limestone from Puerto Cortes, Honduras (a 30-minute drive from Brisas de Tramade) to Tampa, Florida. The CSL website further notes: “CSL Americas, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Vancouver, Canada, is a leading provider of high-performance self-unloading and transhipment operations across North, South, and Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa.”
Accompaniment
We follow the updates from PBI-Honduras about their physical accompaniment of the Dignified Camp in opposition to the mine as well as posts on the Medina Wakes Up Porti Sector (Medina Wakes Up) Facebook page.
Additional reading
–PBI-Honduras visits Dignified Camp established in opposition to Agrecasa limestone mine, pollution of Sapadril Creek and waterways (PBI-Canada, September 3, 2026)
–PBI-Research Unit initial study of the “Cantera Sapadril” open-pit non-metallic mine in Honduras (PBI-Canada, October 7, 2026).
