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Yoro department hosts nearly one-seventh of Honduras's documented socio-territorial conflicts, many tied to disputes over land, water, and mining, prompting civil-society researchers to hold a regional dialogue on the findings.

Indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán are filing a nullity action against Minosa's 30-year mining concession extension, arguing the company improperly invoked an automatic administrative approval (afirmativa ficta) without meeting legal requirements or consulting affected populations.

Residents of Azacualpa, Copán, elected a Maya-Chortí Indigenous Council to defend their territory against Minosa, which continues operating despite its concession expiring in 2023 and having destroyed the community's ancestral cemetery.