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ANP0NH - Licenced Caption A high level mission of Amnesty International led by Secretary General Irene Khan visits the Mexican state of Guerrero. Description A high level mission of Amnesty International led by Secretary General Irene Khan visits the Mexican state of Guerrero for fact finding meetings with members of CECOP Consejo de Ejidos and Comunidades Opositores a la Parota in Spanish CECOP is an umbrella group whose members actively oppose the building of the projected La Parota Dam on the Papagayo River Amnesty listened to testimonies and interventions of citizens in three different communities in the region Citizens of all ages in the village of Tasajeras greeted AI with banners in opposition to the La Parota dam Their interventions dealt mainly with harassment and the loss of land and livelihood if the dam is built Irene Khan Rupert Knox and Susan Lee met in smaller groups of mainly women to hear their stories Keywords delegation, government, rights, democracy, state, violation, Mexico, Latin, America, meeting, interview, victim, violence, human, rights, crisis, justice, struggle, power, powerful, international, protection, advocate, reform, investigation, power, water, dam, livelihood, farming, relocation, opposition, leaders, indigenous, hydroelectric, poverty